Cap. 438 чл. 70Place used for unlawful gaming.

(1) Any person who knowingly permits the use of any place for the purpose of the operation, promotion, sale or playing of any game in contravention of any provision of this Act or of regulations made thereunder or in breach of any conditions attached to a licence issued under this Act or in breach of any directive issued by the Authority in terms of this Act or of regulations made thereunder or for the purpose of storage of a relevant gaming device manufactured, assembled, placed on the market, distributed, supplied, sold, leased, transferred, made available for use, hosted or operated in contravention of the provisions of article 7 or in breach of the conditions attached to a licence issued in terms of the said article 7 or for the purpose of manufacturing, assembling, repairing or servicing of a relevant gaming device in contravention of the provisions of article 7 or in breach of the conditions attached to a licence in terms of the said article 7, or who wilfully prevents any Police Officer who is lawfully authorised to enter into any place suspected of being used as aforesaid, from entering into such place or any part thereof, or obstructs or delays any such officer in so entering, or by any bolt, bar or other contrivance secures any external or internal door or means of access to any such place or part thereof, or uses any means or contrivance whatsoever for the purposes of preventing, obstructing or delaying the entry of such officer into any such place purposes mentioned in subarticle (1) is wilfully prevented from or obstructed or delayed in entering the same or any part thereof, or where any bolt, bar or other contrivance or means whatsoever is found in such place for securing any external or internal door or means of access to any such place or for preventing, delaying or obstructing the entry into the same by such officer or for giving alarm or warning in case of such entry, it shall be evidence, until the contrary is made to appear, that such place is used for the said unlawful purposes and that the persons found therein were taking part in the relevant unlawful activities.

(3) In addition to any penalty under any other provision of this Act the money and effects representing the stakes as well as any other money and gaming devices found in any place referred to under subarticle (1) shall be seized and forfeited in favour of the Government.

71.* (1) A person shall not, for the purposes of a game other than a game forming part of the National Lottery, make use of the names "National Lottery" or "Maltese National Lottery" or of any name so closely resembling either of those names as to be reasonably capable of leading to the belief that either of those names is being referred to.

(2) It shall not be lawful for a person advertising, or selling, or offering for sale, or offering the opportunity to participate in, a game not forming part of the National Lottery to give, by whatever means, a false indication that it is a game forming part of the National Lottery.

(3) Whosoever shall contravene subarticles (1) or (2) shall be guilty of an offence against this Act.