Functions of the Committee

(1) The duties and powers of the Committee shall be to control and regulate the promotion, holding and conduct of lotteries in Belize and for that purpose the Committee shall have power, (a) to grant written licence to a person to promote, hold or conduct a lottery in such 8 manner and in such place and subject to such conditions as may be prescribed by the (b) to make regulations for the following purposes, (i) prescribing the method or procedure whereby money or money’s worth is to be distributed or allotted in any (ii) prescribing the form and contents of the application for a licence to conduct a lottery, of lottery tickets and of any other document connected with a lottery; (ii) determining what proportion of the total sum of money derived from the sale of tickets in a lottery should be appropriated to the payment of the (iv) controlling and regulating all matters connected with lotteries licensed under this Act; (v) prescribing the manner in which disputes between holders of lottery tickets and sellers of lottery tickets shall be determined. 9 (2) Regulations made by the Committee under this Act shall not come into operation until they have been approved by the Minister.