Cap. 70 Art. 21Foreign lotto advertisements, etc.

Every manager and printer of any newspaper, every printer and distributor of leaflets and every other person, publishing or causing to be published any foreign lotto or lottery prospectus, advertisement or drawing, or bringing to the knowledge of the public the places where subscriptions thereto may be made, shall be liable, on conviction, to a fine (multa) of not less than one hundred and sixteen euro and forty-seven cents (116.47) and not exceeding an account to be kept in that department to be styled "Public Lotto

Fund".

(2) There shall be paid out of the Public Lotto Fund, without the necessity of any further appropriation other than this

Ordinance, the prizes, the expenses of administration and all other charges connected therewith; and the balance at the end of each quarter shall be appropriated to the Consolidated Fund of Malta: Provided that if at any time the balance to the credit of the Public Lotto Fund shall prove insufficient to meet, either wholly or in part, the payment of prizes, the expenses of administration and other charges connected therewith, such balance shall be supplemented by temporary advances from the Treasury Clearance Fund of Malta by Warrants under the hand of the Minister responsible for finance:

Provided further that the Minister may out of the Public Lotto Fund make such contributions or other payments he may deem appropriate in support of such bodies or organizations, or of such other causes, as may be prescribed.

(3) A statement of the receipts and expenditure of the Public Lotto Fund shall, as soon as possible after the close of each financial year and in any case not later than three months after the close of such year, be forwarded by the Accountant General to the Auditor General, and article 65(2) of the Financial Administration and Audit Act shall apply to such statement.