ACT No. XXVI of 1988 AN ACT fll rther tQ amend the PI/blic Lotio Ordinanu (Cap. 70).

I assent.

(L.S.)

PAUL X UEREB

Acting President

21st Octobe r. 1988

ACT No. XXVI of 1988

AN ACT fll rther tQ amend the PI/blic Lotio Ordinanu (Cap. 70).

BE IT ENACTED by the President. by and with th e adv ice and

conr.ent of the House of Representatives. in this prer.ent Parliament

asse mbled. and by the authority of the same. as folJo~:-

I. This Act may be cited as the Publ ic Lono (Amendment) Act ,

1988, and shall be read and construed as onc with the Public Lotto

Ordinance. hereinafter referred to as "the principal law".

Cop. 70.

Section 11 o f the principal law sllall be amended as follows

(a) for subsection (2) thereof there shall be substituted th e

following

" Du,y

(2) Th e following duty shall be levied and

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collected by the Director of Pu blic Louo on behalf of Ihe

Govern ment of Malta

(i) in respect of each ticket sold or issued for th e

holding of each public tombola perm it ted as in

subsection ( I) of this section . namely

Whe re the payment in respect of eacll ticket

(ex cluding the amount of dut y)

does not e~ceed one <.:ent fi ve

mils .. ... . ... ... ... ... ... . ..... five mils

exceeds one cent five mils bu'

does not exceed thre e

cen ts ....... ........ .. ......... one cent

exceeds three cents but doe,

not exceed six cents

onc cent

fivcmils

exceeds six cents " ..

IwoccnlsfoT

eve ry six cents

or part

thereof;

(ii) in respect of each public lottery a duty

equivalent to twenty five peT ccntum of the va lue.

established to the satisfaction of the Di rector of Public

Lotto. of the prize or prizes offered;

Provided th~1 the Director of Public lotio may

grant exemption from payment of the duty aforesaid in

specific instances when a public loUery or tombola is

promoted and dire<;ted by any r.ocicty. institut e or

private person and Ihe net proceeds thereof are intended

for a religious purpose approved by the compctcntlocal

Ecclesiastical Authorities: or for a charitable purpose. or

for the furtherance of the Boy Scout or the Girl Guide

movement, or for the encouragement of fine arts, or for

any other purpose approved in writing by the Minster

rcsponsible for finance."; and

(b ) in thc proviso to subset'tion (4) th e words "nor stak cs

paid" and the words from "and on payment in advance at hisofficc"

to the words "not to be refundable in any casc" shall be deleted.

Passed by the House of RepresentatiVl'S at Sitting No. 143 of thc 17th October.

LAwnENCE GONZt

Sp<'f!ker

P. MUSCAT T ER!l. tBtLE

Clerk 10 Ihe House of RepresenttJIive,,·