Australian Capital Territory Repealed Acts

This legislation has been repealed.

GAMING AND BETTING ACT 1906 (REPEALED) - SECT 27

    (1)     This section applies if—

        (a)     an amount is stolen or embezzled from a person (the first person ) by a child; and

        (b)     all or part of the amount is paid by the child as a bet or wager to another person (the second person ).

    (2)     The amount paid by the child as the bet or wager or the amount stolen or embezzled by the child, whichever is the lesser, is a debt payable by the second person to the first person and may be recovered by proceedings in a court of competent jurisdiction.