LOTTERIES AND ART UNIONS ACT, 1877.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 5179, 27 October 1877, Page 1 (Supplement)

LOTTERIES AND ART UNIONS ACT, 1877.

The following is a copy of the above Bill, introduced into the Legislative Council by the Hon. Mr. Hall, and which has been read a third time and passed 1. The Short Title of this Act shall be “The Lotteries and Art Unions Act, 1877.’’ LOTTERIES. 2. Save as hereinafter provided it shall |aot be lawful for any person, under any pretence, form, denomination, or description whatsoever, or by means of any device or contrivance whatsoever, to sell or dispose of, or agree or promise, whether with or without consideration, to sell or dispose of any lands or tenements, or any estate or interest therein, or any ship or vessel, goods, wares, or merchandise whatsoever to or among any person or persons whomsoever, by means of any game either of skill or of chance, or of any other contrivance or device whatsoever, whereby any such lands or tenements, or estate or interest therein, or any' ship or vessel, goods, wares or merchandise shall be sold or disposed of, or divided or allotted to or among any person or persons by lottery or chance, whether by the throwing or casting of any dice, or the drawing of any tickets, cards, lots, numbers, or figures, or by means of any wheel, or otherwise howsoever. 3. Every person who shall, contrary to the provisions hereof, sell or dispose of or agree or promise, whether with or without consideration, to sell or dispose of any lands or tenements, or any estate or interest therein, or of any ship or vessel, goods, wares, or merchandise whatsoever, shall for every such offence forfeit and pay a sum not exceeding one hundred pounds, to be recovered in a summary way before any two justices of the peace. 4. If any person, establish, commence, or be a partner in any lottery, or in any scheme by which prizes, whether of money or of any other matter or thing, are gained, drawn for, thrown or competed for, by lot, dice, or any other mode of chance, sell or dispose of any tickets or other means by which permission or authority is gained or given to any person to throw for, compete, or have any interest in any such lottery or scheme, every such person, and any person who shall manage or conduct, or assist in managing or conducting, any such lottery or scheme, shall for every such offence forfeit and pay a sura not exceeding two hundred pounds, to be recovered in a summary way before two justices of the peace, and for any second offence, besides snob penalty, shall be liable to imprisonment for any term out exceeding six months. ART UNIONS. 5. The term “ Art Union” means any voluntary association which has been or may hereafter be formed in any part of New Zealand for the purchase of paintings, drawings, sculpture, or other works of art to be afterwards allotted and distributed by chance or otherwise among the several members, subscribers, or contributors forming part of such association, or for raising sums of money by subscription or contribution to be allotted and distributed by chance or otherwise as prizes amongst the members, subscribers, or contributors forming part of such association, on the condition, nevertheless, that such sums of money so allotted and distributed be expended solely and entirely in the purchase ot paint' ings, drawings, sculpture, or other works of art 6. The second and third sections of this Act shall not apply to any Art Union as hereinbefore defined : Provided that no association shall be deemed to be an Art Union unless the deed of partnership or other instrument or instruments, constituting such association, and the rules and regulations relating to the proceedings of such associ tion shall have first been submitted to the consideration and be approved of by Her Majesty’s AttorneyGeneral for the colony, and a copy thereof, duly certified by the said Attorney-General, have been deposited in the Colonial Secretary office. 7. In every deed or instrument constituting any Art Union there shall be inserted a clause that it shall bo lawful for the Governor, in Council, whenever it shall appear that any Art Union has ceased to be an Art Union within the meaning and for the purposes of this Act, to annul the deed or instrument of association under which such Art Union shall have been constituted, so far as relates to the powers of allotment, disposal, or distribution aforesaid. 8. From and after the data of t*he publication in the New Zealand Gazette of an Order in Council annulling for the purposes aforesaid any deed or instrument of association, the Art Union who o deed or instrument of association shall have been so annulled shall cease to be an Art Union within the meaning of this Act.