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N.Y. General Municipal Law § 195-j: Offenses; forfeiture of license; ineligibility to apply for license

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  1. General Municipal Law
  2. Article 9-A. Local Option For Conduct of Games of Chance By Certain Organizations

§ 195-j. Offenses; forfeiture of license; ineligibility to apply for

license. Any person, firm, partnership, corporation or organization who

or which shall:

(1) make any material false statement in any application for any

license authorized to be issued under this article;

(2) pay or receive, for the use of any premises for conducting games

of chance, a rental in excess of the amount specified as the permissible

rent in the license provided for in subdivision two of section one

hundred ninety-three of this article;

(3) fail to keep such books and records as shall fully and truly

record all transactions connected with the conducting of games of chance

or the leasing of premises to be used for the conduct of games of

chance;

(4) falsify or make any false entry in any books or records so far as

they relate in any manner to the conduct of games of chance, to the

disposition of the proceeds thereof and to the application of the rents

received by any authorized organization;

(5) divert or pay any portion of the net proceeds of any game of

chance to any person, firm, partnership, corporation, except in

furtherance of one or more of the lawful purposes defined in this

article;

shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall forfeit any license issued

under this article and be ineligible to apply for a license under this

article for at least one year thereafter.

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