Prize Competitions Act, 1955
Bare Act · 1955
An Act to provide for the control and regulation of prize competitions.
- Act number
- 42 of 1955
- Enacted
- 22 October 1955
- Contents
- 20 sections
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Contents
- Section 1 – Short title, extent and commencement
- Section 2 – Definitions
- Section 3 – Interpretation
- Section 4 – Prohibition of prize competitions where the prize offered exceeds one thousand rupees a month
- Section 5 – Licensing of prize competitions where the prize offered does not exceed one thousand rupees a month
- Section 6 – Licences for prize competitions (preview)
- Section 7 – Promoters of prize competitions to keep accounts and submit the same to the licensing authority (preview)
- Section 8 – Power to cancel or suspend licences (preview)
- Section 9 – Penalty for promoting or conducting any prize competition in contravention of the provisions of sections 4 and 5 (preview)
- Section 10 – Penalty for failure to keep and submit accounts (preview)
- Section 11 – Penalty for other offences in connection with prize competitions (preview)
- Section 12 – Offences by Corporations (preview)
- Section 13 – Power of licensing authority to call for and inspect accounts and documents (preview)
- Section 14 – Power of entry and search (preview)
- Section 15 – Forfeiture newspapers and publications containing prize competitions (preview)
- Section 16 – Appeals (preview)
- Section 17 – Licensing authority and other officers to be public servants (preview)
- Section 18 – Jurisdiction to try offences (preview)
- Section 19 – Protection of action taken under this act (preview)
- Section 20 – Power to make rules (preview)