Betting Act 1960

  Table of Contents

  Long Title

1 Short title

2 Interpretation

2A Act not applicable to remote gambling

3 Offences relating to common betting houses and betting information centres

4 Advancing money for conducting business of common betting house

5 Betting in a common betting house

6 Penalty for unlawful announcement of information on horse‑race, etc.

7 Money paid recoverable

8 Presumption against person accepting or receiving stakes, etc.

9 Presumptions

10 Court to make order for demolition of structural contrivances for facilitating betting

11 Search warrant against premises used as common betting house

12 Search warrant against persons in possession of betting instruments

13 Arrest and search upon suspicion

14 Magistrate or police officer may himself enter and search

15 Evidence by police officer to be presumptive evidence

16 Protection of informers from discovery

17 Obstruction of police officers

18 Examination of offenders

19 Binding over on second conviction

20 Jurisdiction of courts

21 Stakes

22 Exemption

23 Reward to informer