Bookmakers may be ordered not to bet
25 Bookmakers may be ordered not to bet
Upon proof being given to the satisfaction of the Magistrates Court that any person by excessive betting is likely to be impoverished to a degree where that person or any member of the family of that person is in want, the Court may order that no bookmaker shall bet with such person for not exceeding the space of one year.
The Court may in like manner renew such order from time to time as to all such persons as have not in its opinion reformed.
An order made under subsection (1) shall be given effect to by RWWA, any person authorised to operate a totalisator, and any person who is, or acts on behalf of, any bookmaker, and neither RWWA nor any such person shall, after notice of the making of an order under subsection (1), bet with the person named therein.
Penalty for this subsection: a fine of $20 000.
[(4) deleted]
An order made under this section may be revoked by the Court.
All proceedings under subsection (1) or (2) shall be heard in camera.
[Section 25 amended: No. 113 of 1965 s. 8(1); No. 78 of 1978 s. 6; No. 11 of 1992 s. 47; No. 63 of 1995 s. 69; No. 35 of 2003 s. 103; No. 59 of 2004 s. 141; No. 41 of 2018 s. 15(1); No. 53 of 2024 s. 23.]
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