Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Gambling Regulation Act 2003 - SECT 2.5.3.

Money received may be recovered from persons receiving it

2.5.3. Money received may be recovered from persons receiving it



(1) Any money or valuable thing received by a person referred to in section
2.5.2 as a deposit on a bet, or any bet instructed to be placed or as or for
the consideration for an undertaking referred to in section 2.5.1, is taken to
have been received to or for the use of the person from whom it was received.

(2) Money or a thing referred to in subsection (1) or its value may be
recovered by the person from whom it was received in a court of competent
jurisdiction.