Offences by sellers

(1) Every seller of lottery tickets shall deliver to the person from whom he has received the lottery ticket books, not later than fifteen minutes before the time set for the drawing of any lottery, all the lottery ticket books together with all remaining unsold tickets and all monies for tickets sold. Every such seller who fails or neglects to comply with any of the provisions of this subsection commits an offence against this Act. (2) Where such a seller is convicted of an offence under the provisions of this section, the court may order that the seller makes full compensation, to any person conducting a lottery who is injured by the commission of the offence and who has had to pay prize money to the holder of any ticket from the book delivered to such seller. (3) Any sum ordered to be paid as compensation shall be levied upon the goods and chattels of such seller in accordance with the provisions of section 100 of the Summary Jurisdiction (Procedure) Act, Cap. 99 and the court may, in its discretion, instead of issuing a distress warrant, order the seller, on non- payment of the sum, to be imprisoned for any term not exceeding the term prescribed under section 100 of the Summary Jurisdiction (Procedure) Act, Cap. 99. 20 (4) For the purposes of this section, the word “seller” means an agent of a person licensed to promote, hold and conduct a lottery under this Act and whose appointment has been notified in writing to the Committee and the Commissioner of Police.