PART IVLOTTERIES
Lottery certificates
Revocation of lottery certificates149
1
An application for the revocation of a lottery certificate may be made by any person to a court of summary jurisdiction on any of the following grounds—
a
that the holder of the certificate is not a fit person to hold a lottery certificate; or
b
that any information which, in or in connection with the application on which the certificate was granted, was given to the court by the applicant was false in a material particular; or
c
that the holder of the certificate has been refused the grant or renewal of a lottery certificate on the ground mentioned in sub-paragraph (a) or (d) within the preceding 12 months; or
d
that the holder of the certificate has allowed the business carried on under the certificate to be managed by, or carried on for the benefit of, a person other than the holder of the certificate who would himself be refused the grant of a lottery certificate; or
F1da
that the business carried on under the certificate has been carried on in a manner which involved serious, repeated or continuous failure to comply with a code of practice in force under Article 180A; or
e
that the holder of the certificate has been convicted of an offence under this Part.
2
The procedure for applications for the revocation of lottery certificates is set out in Schedule 7.
3
On an application for the revocation of a lottery certificate, a court shall hear the objections, if any, made under Schedule 7.
4
A court shall refuse an application for the revocation of a lottery certificate unless it is satisfied that the application is not made on grounds which—
a
have been, or ought to have been, raised previously by way of objection either when the lottery certificate was granted or on an occasion when it has been renewed; or
b
are or have been the subject matter of proceedings for such an offence as is mentioned in Article 152.
5
Where the court refuses an application for the revocation of a lottery certificate it shall specify in its order the reasons for its refusal.