Australian Capital Territory Repealed Acts

This legislation has been repealed.

CASINO CONTROL ACT 1988 (REPEALED) - SECT 77

    (1)     A person shall not, in the casino, dishonestly—

        (a)     by trick, device, sleight of hand or representation; or

        (b)     by a scheme or practice; or

        (c)     by the use of gaming equipment; or

        (d)     by the use of an instrument or article of a type used in connection with gaming, or appearing to be of a type used in connection with gaming, or of any other thing;

obtain for himself or herself or another person, or induce a person to deliver, give or credit to him or her or another person, any money, chips, benefit, advantage, valuable consideration or security.

Maximum penalty: 500 penalty units, imprisonment for 5 years or both.

    (2)     A person shall not use, or have in his or her possession, in the casino—

        (a)     chips that the person knows are bogus or counterfeit chips; or

        (b)     cards, dice or coins that the person knows have been marked, loaded or tampered with; or

        (c)     for the purposes of cheating or stealing, any equipment, device or thing that permits or facilitates cheating or stealing.

Maximum penalty: 200 penalty units, imprisonment for 2 years or both.

    (3)     Subsection (2) (a) and (b) does not prohibit the possession of a thing by a person in charge of the casino, an agent or employee of the casino licensee, an inspector or a police officer if that thing has been seized by any of those persons from another person for destruction or for use as evidence in proceedings for any offence.