Australian Capital Territory Repealed Acts Australian Capital Territory Repealed ActsThis legislation has been repealed.
(1) A person who opens, keeps or uses any house, office, room, or other place for any of the purposes mentioned in section 17 or knowingly and wilfully permits it to be opened, kept or used by any other person for any of those purposes, or has the care or management of, or in any way assists in conducting the business of, any such house, office, room, or other place opened, kept or used for any of those purposes, commits an offence.
Maximum penalty: 100 penalty units, imprisonment for 1 year or both.
(2) A person who is in such house, office, room, or other place without lawful excuse commits an offence.
Maximum penalty: 10 penalty units.
(3) All money, coin, notes, cheques, IOUs or other writings for securing the payment of money and all instruments of betting found in the house, office, room, or other place may on conviction of any offender under the provisions of this section be adjudged to be forfeited or destroyed.