CHAPTER 163 - LOTTERIES ACT: SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION
INDEX TO SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION
Lotteries (Procedure and Fees) Regulations
LOTTERIES (PROCEDURE AND FEES) REGULATIONS
[Section 15]
Arrangement of Regulations
Regulation
1. Title
2. Form of application
3. Specimen of ticket to be submitted
4. Time for submission of application
5. Particulars to be set out clearly
6. Fees
7. Meetings of Board
8. Offence
Act 13 of 1994,
GN 281 of 1957,
GN 45 of 1960,
GN 497 of 1964,
SI 91 of 1965,
SI 147 of 1989,
SI 158 of 1990,
SI 8 of 1992,
SI 6 of 1993.
[Regulations by the Minister]
These Regulations may be cited as the Lotteries (Procedure and Fees) Regulations.
Every application for authorisation under the provisions of section 5 of the Act to promote or conduct a lottery shall be submitted to the appropriate controlling authority in Form 1 in the First Schedule.
[Am by Act 45 of 1960.]
3. Specimen of ticket to be submitted
There shall be attached to every such form of application a specimen copy of the ticket or chance, identical in every particular with the tickets or chances intended to be issued for sale.
4. Time for submission of application
Any such application shall be submitted to the appropriate controlling authority at least thirty days before the date set for either the advertisement of the lottery or the commencement of the issue of tickets, whichever may be the earlier.
5. Particulars to be set out clearly
On receipt of any such application, a controlling authority shall satisfy itself that the particulars required are set out with sufficient clarity and may return the application for amplification or amendment.
The promoters of any lottery authorised by a controlling authority shall pay to the said authority within seven days from the receipt of such authorisation the fees set out in the Second Schedule.
(1) The Chairman shall preside at all meetings of the Board at which he is present. In the absence of the Chairman, the members shall elect one of their number to preside.
(2) All questions coming or arising before a meeting shall be decided by a majority of the members present and voting thereon and, in the case of an equality of votes, the person presiding at the meeting shall have a second or casting vote.
(3) The Board shall keep minutes of all its meetings.
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(1) No person shall knowingly make in any application for authorisation of a lottery under the provisions of section 5 of the Act a statement which is false in a material particular.
(2) Any person who contravenes the provisions of this regulation shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable to a fine not exceeding eight penalty units or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding three months, or to both.
[Am by Act 13 of 1994.]
PRESCRIBED FORM
FORM 1
[Regulation 2]
APPLICATION FOR AUTHORISATION TO PROMOTE AND CONDUCT A LOTTERY
1. State the name, address and telephone number of organisation promoting the lottery (BLOCK CAPITALS)
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2. State whether the organisation is incorporated or not
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3. If not incorporated, state the names, addresses and occupations of two guarantors (BLOCK CAPITALS)
What is the extent of their acceptance of liability in respect of the lottery? (Proof of acceptance of liability should be in writing and signed by the guarantors)
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4. If incorporated, state the name and address of manager responsible for administration of the lottery (BLOCK CAPITALS)
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Give details of fidelity bonds existing in respect of administration staff
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5. State whether it is intended to raise funds for social service; public welfare; relief of distress; patriotic purposes; provision of recreational or sporting facilities
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6. What form will the lottery take (e.g. sweepstake, raffle, game of chance, etc.)?
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7. If a sweepstake or raffle—
(a) give the price and number of all types of tickets or chances to be issued for sale
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(b) state method by which tickets or chances are to be sold: i.e. books of tickets, subscription lists, etc. How will vendors be selected and what inducements (if any) will they be offered?
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(c) will tickets be sold outside Zambia? If so, by what means?
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8. If a game of chance, give full particulars
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9. What percentage (25 per cent. or over) of gross proceeds is to be devoted to beneficiaries?
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10. Give particulars (including addresses) of the proposed beneficiaries stating the proportion in which each will benefit (if insufficient space, please attach an additional sheet)
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11. What is the estimated percentage of the gross proceeds which will be deducted for operating expenses?
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12. Give details of prizes—
(a) monetary;
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(b) other.
If under (b), is it proposed to buy them with proceeds from the sale of tickets?
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13. On what date is it proposed to draw the lottery and by what method will the draw be conducted?
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14. What method is proposed for the distribution of prizes?
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15. In the event of the lottery’s gross proceeds exceeding the amount necessary to pay the beneficiaries, the expenses and the prizes, how will the excess be disposed of? Please give particulars
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Date……………………………………………
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Signature of applicant…………
NOTES—
(a) This application must be submitted to the controlling authority in the following manner—
(i) (in triplicate) in the case of a lottery in which the tickets or chances to be issued for sale are of a total value of K600 or less, to the Officer Commanding the Police Division of the area in which the lottery is to be conducted; or
(ii) (in quintuplicate) in the case of a lottery in which tickets or chances to be issued for sale are of a total value of more than K600, to the Lotteries Control Board, P.O. Box 575, Lusaka.
(b) A specimen of each type of ticket or chance to be issued for sale must be attached to each form, together with a list of rules, if any, under which the tickets are to be sold.
(c) The law requires that an application should be submitted to the controlling authority at least thirty days before the date set for either the advertisement of the lottery or the commencement of the issue of tickets, whichever may be the earlier.
(d) In the case of a lottery authorised by the Zambia Police, the words “Authorised by the Zambia Police” should appear on the ticket, and in the case of those authorised by the Lotteries Control Board, the words “Authorised by the Lotteries Control Board of Zambia” should appear on the ticket.
(e) At least a quarter of the gross proceeds must be devoted to the object for which the lottery is promoted and not more than one-fifth of such quarter may be used outside Zambia.
(f) Not more than 121/2 per cent. of the gross proceeds is allowed for operating expenses, except in the case of a series of lotteries, when additional expenses may be permitted in respect of the first three draws at the discretion of the controlling authority.
[Am by GN 45 of 1960; SI 91 of 1965.]
[Regulation 6]
SCALE OF FEES
Where the total value of the tickets or chances to be issued for sale:
[Am by SI 158 of 1990, 8 of 1992, 6 of 1993; Act 13 of 1994.]
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