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UNLAWFUL GAMBLING ACT 1998 - SECT 33 Offence of organising gambling premises

UNLAWFUL GAMBLING ACT 1998 - SECT 33

Offence of organising gambling premises

33 Offence of organising gambling premises

(1) A person must not organise or conduct, or assist in organising or conducting, any gambling premises.
: Maximum penalty--
• for a first offence--50 penalty units or imprisonment for 12 months (or both),
• for a second or subsequent offence--500 penalty units or imprisonment for 2 years (or both).
(2) A person who acts as a look-out, door attendant or guard in respect of any premises that are organised or conducted as gambling premises is taken to have assisted in organising or conducting the gambling premises unless the person proves that he or she did not know, and could not reasonably be expected to have known, that the premises were being organised or conducted as gambling premises.