N.Y. General Municipal Law § 495: Offenses; forfeiture of license; ineligibility to apply for license

§ 495. Offenses; forfeiture of license; ineligibility to apply for

license. Any person, association or corporation who or which shall:

(1) make any 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 bingo,

a rental in excess of the amount specified as the permissible rent in

the license provided for in subdivision two of section four hundred

eighty of this article;

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

record all transactions connected with the conducting of bingo or the

leasing of premises to be used for the conduct of bingo;

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

they relate in any manner to the conduct of bingo, 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 bingo

to any person, association or corporation, except in furtherance of one

or more of the lawful purposes defined in this article; or

(6) violate any of the provisions of this article or of any term of

any license issued under 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 one year thereafter.