Chapter XXVII: Section 3: Any person who, being the owner or occupier of any office,

house, room or other place, or a person using the same, shall open, keep or use the same for the purposes hereinbefore mentioned or either of them, _or_ being the owner or occupier shall permit the same to be so used, _and_ any person having the care or management of or in any manner assisting in conducting any such house or place kept for the purposes aforesaid, is liable to a penalty of £100 or six months’ imprisonment with or without hard labour.

[Sidenote: Section 4. Receiving money on deposit for a bet.]

By Section 4 any person being the owner or occupier of any office, house, room or place opened, kept or used for the purpose aforesaid or either of them, _or_ any person acting on behalf of such owner or occupier, _or_ any person having the care or management or in any manner assisting or conducting the business thereof, who shall receive directly or indirectly any money or valuable thing or a deposit on any bet on condition of paying any sum of money or other valuable thing on the happening of any event or contingency of or relating to a horse-race or any other race, or any fight, game, sport, or exercise, or as the consideration for any agreement to give any money or valuable thing on such event, and any person giving any acknowledgment, note or security on the receipt of any such deposit is liable to a penalty of £50 or three months’ imprisonment.

By Section 5 any money or valuable thing received by any such person as aforesaid as a deposit in any bet or as or for the consideration for any such assurance, &c., as aforesaid, shall be deemed to have been received to and for the use of the person from whom the same was received, and such money or valuable thing or the value thereof may be recovered accordingly. See _ante_ p. 65, where this section is fully considered.

[Sidenote: Exception in favour of a prize to the winner of a race.]