Gaming and Lotteries Act 1956
Number 2 of 1956
GAMING AND LOTTERIES ACT 1956
REVISED
Updated to 31 July 2023
This Revised Act is an administrative consolidation of the Gaming and Lotteries Act 1956. It is prepared by the Law Reform Commission in accordance with its function under the Law Reform Commission Act 1975 (3/1975) to keep the law under review and to undertake revision and consolidation of statute law.
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Number 2 of 1956
GAMING AND LOTTERIES ACT 1956
REVISED
Updated to 31 July 2023
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
PRELIMINARY AND GENERAL.
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GAMING.
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Residence qualifications for promoters of gaming. (Repealed) |
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Cheating. (Repealed) |
LICENSING OF AMUSEMENT HALLS AND FUNFAIRS.
LOTTERIES.
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Matters to take into consideration when making regulations under section 27 or 28. (Repealed) |
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Prohibition on taking or sending money or documents out of State. (Repealed) |
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ENFORCEMENT, EVIDENCE AND PENALTIES.
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Offences in relation to bodies corporate and unincorporated bodies. (Repealed) |
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Postal packets containing unlawful documents posted in the State. |
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Acts Referred to |
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No. 2 of 1951 |
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No. 27 of 1931 |
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Number 2 of 1956
GAMING AND LOTTERIES ACT 1956
REVISED
Updated to 31 July 2023
AN ACT TO AMEND THE LAW RELATING TO GAMING AND LOTTERIES. [14th February, 1956.]
BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS:—
Annotations
Modifications (not altering text):
C1
Application of collectively cited Gaming and Lotteries Acts restricted (27.02.2014) by National Lottery Act 2013 (13/2013), s. 50, commenced as per s. 1(3).
Exemption of National Lottery from Gaming and Lotteries Acts 1956 to 2013
50. The Gaming and Lotteries Acts 1956 to 2013 do not apply to the National Lottery.
C2
Application of collectively cited Gaming and Lotteries Acts restricted (27.10.2008) by European Communities (Financial Instruments Analogous to Prize Bonds) Regulations 2008 (S.I. No. 419 of 2008), reg. 2
2. The Gaming and Lotteries Acts 1956 to 2003 do not apply to financial instruments which are analogous to non-interest bearing securities created and issued by the Minister for Finance under Part V of the Finance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1956 (No. 47 of 1956), in relation to which chance may be used to select particular securities for prizes, issued by—
(a) another Member State,
(b) a regional authority in another Member State, or
(c) a local authority in another Member State.
C3
Application of collectively cited Gaming and Lotteries Acts restricted (15.07.1986) by National Lottery Act 1986 (28/1986), s. 32, commenced on enactment.
Exemption of National Lottery from Gaming and Lotteries Acts, 1956 to 1979.
32.— The Gaming and Lotteries Acts, 1956 to 1979, shall not apply to the National Lottery.
C4
Application of Act restricted (27/12/1956) by Finance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1956 (47/1956), s. 22(5), commenced on enactment.
Prize bonds.
2.— …
(5) Nothing contained in the Gaming and Lotteries Act, 1956 (No. 2 of 1956), shall apply in relation to prize bonds.