Hong Kong Ordinances

AMUSEMENT GAME CENTRES ORDINANCE - SECT 4

Prohibition on operating an amusement game centre without a licence

(1) Any person who on any occasion-

   (a)  operates, keeps, manages or otherwise has control of, an
        amusement game centre in regard to the operation of which a licence is
        not in force; or

   (b)  in any capacity assists, either directly or indirectly, in the
        operation, keeping, management or other control of an amusement game 
        centre in regard to the operation of which a licence is not in force,
        commits an offence.

(2) It shall not be a defence that a person charged with an offence under
subsection (1) did not know that the operation of the amusement game  centre
which is the subject of the offence was not licensed.

(3) Any person who commits an offence under subsection (1) shall be liable-

   (a)  on first conviction, to a fine of $100000 and to imprisonment for 6
        months;

   (b)  on a second or subsequent conviction, to a fine of $200000 and to
        imprisonment for 1 year;

   (c)  on any conviction, to a fine of $20000 for each day during which the
        offence continues. (Enacted 1993)