Bill 38 (Legislature 5, Session 3)

L5 S3 9489

Alberta — Bills

BILL No. 38 of 1\)2:). All .\ct to Impose a Tax upon Slot Machines. (Assented to , ID23.) H I~ l\lAJESTY, by and with the advice amd consent of the Legislati \'e Assembly of t.he Province of ,Uberta, enad,s as follows: I. This Act Jllay be cited as "The Slot Machine Ta.!' Act, 1 \)2:~. " 2. In this ,",,"ct, unless the context otherwise requires, (0) "Department" shall mean the Department of the Attorney General; (I»

"Prescribed" shall mean prescribed by the Attorney Uelleral; (c) "Slot machine" shall mean any machine which, upon a coin, token, counter, disc 01' other substance heing placed in a slot 01' receptacle, automatically or by mechanical means returns to the person so placing any such substance an

article of merchandise or enables the said person to play any game by means of such machine, 01' plays any tune, 01' which is cOJllIllonly known as a slot machine. :1. No slot machine shall be installed, kept or operated in, OJ' in conneetion with, any establishment, premises or place unless the proprietor or manager of such establishment, premises or place is the holder of a subsisting license for such Illachine. '1.-(1) l\pplieation for a license shall be made to the ])cpartlllcld, ill the prescribed form and shall be accompanied by a marked cheque for fifty dollars as a license fee in respect of eneh maehine for which a license is applied for.

(2) III the e~1~~e of application made after the thirty-first da~. of Decelllber a\ld before the thirty-fir::3t day of May, the cheque t-:hall be for t\yellty-five dollarR. (:3) E\'ery license issued by the Department under the provisions of this Act shall be in the pl'e::3cribed form.

(4) Every license shall expire at the end of the thirt,y !il'~;t day of JVlay next following its it>suc. ~. Th(~ licnlJ~a~ shall he knp1. nffixerl 1,0 1hn III:whj'll~ j'l I'CSP(~eL of ",hieh it it> it>t>ued, or placed above or ill cl(me juxta positio]) to the said Illitchine, so thai, it is clearly and COIll pletely visihle. t;. Any pcrHon operating' a t>lot machine in COllncetion lI'it,11 which t1 liceniOe it> not dit>played as rcquired by thc provisions of the previous section, shall be liable upon sum Illltry COIl viction to a fine of not more than one hundred dollars. 7.

AllY perSOll im:talling, keeping or permitting the oper ation of a slot machine in respect of which there is no sub sistillg licem:e, 01' the license is not displayed as herein before rcquired, shall be liable upon t>ul1lmal'Y conviction to a fine of not more than two hundred dollars, and in default of payment thereof tq imprisollmcnt for not more than three lll()ntJu~. s.

This Act shall come into force UpOll the first da.\· of June, one thousand nine hundred and twellty-three, though licem~c:-; may be applied for and issued at any time after the passing thereof, but all licenses so issued shall, for the purpm;e of fixing their date of expiry, be deemed to be issued upon the said first day of .June. )\0. 38. rrHIIUJ SESSION ~1IJ11rrH LEGISJ.lArrURE 1~ HEORGE V BJLL

An Act to impose a Tax upon Slot .;\Iachines. Heceived and read the First time .................. . Second time ........ . Third time .... Ho:\, . .:\lR. BROWNLEE. ED~lONTON: .T. \\~. JE1·'FF.fiY. J\U;O'S PnINTRH A.D. 1923 Title: 1923 (5th, 3rd) Bill 38,

An Act to impose a Tax upon Slot Machines

Document details

Collection	Alberta — Bills
Citation	L5 S3 9489
Type	bill
Volume / chapter	L5 S3 9489
Language	en
Format	json
Source	PROVINCIAL
Identifier	5d5e2b480d493f4264dd7c89c520b415d55c397f

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