Cap. 438 Art. 49Payment of stakes and prizes. Cap. 16.

(1) Subject to any regulations made by the Minister or any relevant directive that may be issued by the Authority, a licensee, or operator of a game exempted from licence under this Act or regulations made thereunder, or the holder of a permit granted under regulations made under article 78(3), or any person acting on behalf of such licensee, operator or permit holder or under any arrangement with him, may -

(a) accept payment of a stake in respect of an authorised game or, as the case may be, in respect of a game operated in terms of the said permit -

(i) in cash; or

(ii) except where he has reasonable cause to believe that such means of payment will not be honoured upon presentation or claim therefor, by cheque, credit card, debit card or any other lawful means of payment, whether documentary or electronic; and

(b) effect payment of any monetary prize won in an authorised game or, as the case may be, in a game operated in terms of the said permit, by any of the means of payment referred to in subarticle (1)(a)(i).

(2) The acceptance of payment of stakes in accordance with the provisions of subarticle (1)(a) shall not be deemed to be contrary to the provisions of article 47.

(3) The provisions of article 1713 of the Civil Code shall not prejudice -

(a) the right of a licensee, operator, permit holder or person referred to in subarticle (1), to recover a debt arising from the acceptance of payment of a stake by any of the means of payment referred to in subarticle (1)(a) in accordance with the provisions of the said subarticle (1)(a); or

(b) the right of a winner of a monetary prize under an authorised game or, as the case may be, under a game