The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-03-09

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SECTION livery person who con-
trives, prepares, sets up, draws, main
tains or conducts or assists in maintaining |
or conducting any lottery is guilty OF a |
misdemeanor.
SECTION PA lottery is any scheme for
the disposal or distribution OF property
by chance among persons who have paid
or promised to pay any valuable con-
sideration Tor the chance OF obtaining
such property, or portion OF it, or for
any share or any interest in such pro-
perty upon any agreement, understand
ing or expectation that it is to be dis
triOuted or disposed of by lot or chance,
whether called lottery, rattle, che ia,
pakapio, gift enterprise or by whatever
name the same may be known.
SEcTIoN 3-Every person who sells or
buys, gives or receives, has in possession
or in any manner whatever deals with
any ticket, chance, share, or interest, or
any paper, certificate or instrument pur-
porting or understood to be or to represent
any ticket, chance, share or interest in
or depending upon the event OF any lot
terry, is guilty of misdemeanor.
SECTION All moneys or property
offered for sale or distribution IN viola
ton of any OF the provisions OF this Act
are forfeited to the Government and may
be recovered by information filed or by
action brought by the Attorney General
or his authorized representative.
SECTION 5-Every person who deals,
plays, or carries on, opens or causes to
be opened, or who conducts either as
owner or employee, whether for hire or
not, any game OF faro, monte, roulette,
tan, fan tan, or any banking or per-
centage game played with cards, dice or
any devices for money, checks, credit OF
any representative of value OF
any other game in which m ney
or anything of value is lost OF
won, and every person who plays or bets
at or against any OF said prohibited game
or games, and every person present
played or carried on, is guilty of mis-
demeanor.
SECTION g. Every person who by the
game Of 'three card monte" 'shel
game" or any other game, device, sleigh
of hand, pretention to fortune telling
trick or other means whatever by use o
cards or other implements or instru
ments, or while betting on sides or hand
OF any such play or game, fraudulent
obtains from another person none
or anything of value is guilty Of mis-
demeanor.
SECTION Every person duly sun
moned as q witness fore the prosecutio
on any proceeding had under this Al
who neglects or refuses to attend as n
quired, is guilty OF a misdemeanor.
SECTION S-No person otherwise con
petent as witness IL disqualified fro
testifying as such concerning any otfen'
committed under this Act on the grounC
that such testimony might crimina
himself, but no prosecution can aite
wards be had against him for any SUI
ofiense concerning which he has ties
fed.
SECTION 9-Every person who lets
permits to be used any building or YES:
or any portion thereof, knowing that 1t
10 be used for setting up, managing
drawing any lottery, or for the purpose
selling or disposing of lottery ticke
chance, share or interest in or dependi
upon the event OF any lottery, or W
knowingly permits any game or gan
prohibited by this Act to be played, CO
Quoted or dealt in any building or yes
owned or rented by such person in VIII
or in part. is guilty OF a misdemenor.
SECTION 1O-Every person guilty O
misdemeanor as provided in this :
shall be punishable by fine of not m
than one thousand dollars or impris
ment at hard labor not exceeding {
year.
SECTION 11-District Magistrates 81
have jurisdiction to try and determine
cases arising under this Act.
SECTION 12-No suit or prosecut
pending for any otfense committed or
the recovery OF any penalty or forfeit
incurred under any law heretofore en-
ei shall in any case be affected by
passage of this Act.
SECTION l3-The following laws
parts OF laws are hereby repealed:
Section l of Chapter 80 of the p
Code.
Chapter OF the Session Laws OF
Chapter % OF the Session Laws OF
Chapter IL OF the Session Laws OF l
Chapter IL of the Session Laws OF
Section 70 OF the Civil Code and Sec
20 of Chapter 80 of the Penal Code.
SECTION 14-Section SO OF the
Code AMI Section IS, Chapter SO
Penal Code ara hereby amended
striking out the following words, to
Nor allow any gaming on such tai
alley"
SECTION l5-This Act shall take
upon publication.
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