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Index of Subsidiary Legislation
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Note on Adaptation
Under paragraph 6 of the Second Schedule to the Law Revision Act (Ch. 3:03) the Commission
amended certain references to public officers in this Chapter. The Minister’s approval of the
amendments was signified by LN 52/1980, but no marginal reference is made to this Notice
where any such amendment is made in the text.
Note on Act No. 4 of 2014
Amendments made to sections 5(5)(c), 9A, and subsections 23(2), (3), (4), (6), (7), (8) and (9)
took effect from 1st January 2015.
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1. Short title.
2. Interpretation.
2A. Secretary.
3. Obligation to register clubs.
4. Registers of members’ and proprietary clubs.
5. Mode of application for registration.
6. Notice to Police and their powers and duties.
7. Licensing Committee to consider application.
8. When Licensing Committee may refuse order to register.
8A. Objections.
8B. Appeals from decisions of licensing committee.
9. Club rules qualifying for certificate.
9A. Tax qualification for issue of certificate.
10. Notice to Comptroller of registration.
11. Transfer of club to other premises.
12. Penalty in respect of intoxicating liquor in unregistered club.
13. Penalty in respect of unauthorised sale of intoxicating liquor.
14. Striking club off register.
14A. Striking club off Register on ground of discrimination.
14B. Discrimination on club premises.
14C. Striking club off Register on ground of causing a public annoyance.
14D. Appeals from order of Licensing Committee.
15. Books and documents required to be kept on premises.
16. Power of entry upon club premises.
17. Penalty for obstructing Police entering upon club premises, etc.
18. Search warrant.
19. Penalty for false return by Secretary.
20. Procedure and appeal.
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21. Notification to Secretary of the Licensing Committee of
discontinuance of a club or change of Secretary.
22. Regulations.
23. Tax on gambling devices.
23A. BIR Tags.
23B. Deposit made by members’ club.
23C. Indemnifying the Secretary.
24. Alterations to certain rules of clubs.
25. General penalty.
26. Saving as to proprietary clubs established by employers for
employees.
27. Savings as to canteens and messes.
28. Evidence to be on oath.
29. Clubs registered under former Ordinance deemed to have been
registered under this Act.
30. Application of Act.
SCHEDULE.
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28 of 1955.
Commencement.
[GN 182/1955].
Short title.
Interpretation.
[29 of 1963
4 of 2014
6 of 2014].
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REGISTRATION OF CLUBS ACT
An Act relating to the Registration of Clubs, and the control
of the supply and sale of intoxicating liquor therein.
[22ND NOVEMBER 1955]
1. This Act may be cited as the Registration of Clubs Act.
2. (1) In this Act—
“certificate” means a certificate certifying that permission is
granted to a members’ club under this Act to carry on
gambling as an activity of the club in pursuance of part only
of its common objects in accordance with this Act;
“club” means any community or society consisting of not less
than twenty-five members who assemble or meet together in
pursuit of a common object;
“intoxicating liquor” means spirits, wine, beer, porter, cider, perry
and any fermented, distilled or spirituous liquor which cannot,
according to any Act for the time being in force relating to the
sale of intoxicating liquor, be legally sold unless the sale is
duly authorised by a licence granted thereunder;
“Magistrate” means the Magistrate assigned for duty in the
magisterial district within which the club is situated;
“members’ club” means a club not constituted for the acquisition
of gain, the members of which contribute to the funds out of
which the expenses of conducting the club are paid and are
jointly entitled to all the property and funds of the club;
“proprietary club” means any club other than a members’ club;
“Secretary”, in relation to a club, means a person under section 2A
performing the duties of a Secretary and, in the case of a
proprietary club where there is no Secretary, the proprietor
of the club;
“unregistered club” means any club which requires to be
registered under this Act, but which is not so registered or
which has been struck off a register of clubs.
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Secretary.
[4 of 2014].
Obligation to
register clubs.
Registers of
members’ and
proprietary
clubs.
[29 of 1963].
(2) The several licensing committees constituted under
the authority of the Liquor Licences Act, shall be the authorities
for the registration of clubs for the purposes of this Act and shall
have jurisdiction in the respective districts which are appointed to
be licensing districts by the Liquor Licences Act, and may hold
sessions for the consideration of applications for the registration
of clubs in the areas into which their respective licensing districts
have been divided for the purposes of the Liquor Licences Act.
2A. A members’ club shall have a Secretary who shall be a
member or ex officio member of the members’ club.
3. (1) The Secretary of every club which occupies a house
or part of a house which is habitually used for the purposes of a
club and in which any intoxicating liquor is supplied to members
or their guests, or any other premises which are habitually so
used and in which any intoxicating liquor is so supplied, shall
cause the club to be registered in the manner provided in this Act.
(2) The registration of a club under this Act shall not
constitute the club premises licensed premises, nor authorise any
sale of intoxicating liquor therein which would otherwise be illegal.
(3) If the Secretary of any club contemplated by
subsection (1) fails to comply with the requirements of that
subsection he is guilty of an offence against this Act.
4. (1) The Secretary of every licensing committee shall
keep separate registers of all registered members’ clubs and
proprietary clubs within the licensing district of the committee,
but shall not enter a club in the register without an order from the
Licensing Committee in the district in which the club is situated,
nor except on payment of the prescribed fees.
(2) The registers shall contain the following particulars:
(a) the name and objects of the club;
(b) the address of the club;
(c) brief details of the terms of occupancy of the
club premises;
(d) the name of the Secretary and in addition, in the
case of a proprietary club, the name of the
proprietor;
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Mode of
application for
registration.
[13 of 1956
29 of 1963
9 of 1997
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(e) the number of members;
(f) the date of the certificate, if any.
(3) The Secretary of the Licensing Committee shall
keep the registers of clubs corrected up to date in accordance with
the returns furnished by the secretaries of such clubs as required
by this Act, and the registers shall at all reasonable hours be open
to the inspection of a First Division police officer, or to an Officer
of Excise.
5. (1) The Secretary of every club required to be registered
under this Act shall, not later than the 15th January in every year,
and in the case of a new club, prior to the opening of that club,
and not later than the 15th January in each succeeding year, make
application to the Licensing Committee of the licensing district in
which the club is situated for an order to the Secretary of the
Licensing Committee to enter the club on the appropriate register.
(2) In the case of an application to the Licensing
Committee for an order to the Secretary of the Licensing Committee
to enter the club on the register, the Secretary of the club shall
produce to the Licensing Committee a return signed by him giving
particulars mentioned in section 4(2), and shall attach thereto—
(a) a copy of the existing rules of the club;
(b) a list of the General Committee and Wine
Committee (if any);
(c) except in the case of a new club, a duly certified
copy of an audited balance sheet and revenue
account for the preceding financial year of the
club;
(d) a statement signed by him that there is kept
upon the club premises—
(i) a register of the names and addresses of
the club members, and a record of the last
payment of their subscriptions; and
(ii) a register of the names and addresses of
visitors and guests.
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Notice to Police
and their powers
and duties.
[29 of 1963].
*(3) For the avoidance of doubt it is hereby declared that,
notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (1), and without
prejudice to the provisions of section 19, a Licensing Committee
to which an application is made later than the 15th January in any
year shall not thereby be precluded from considering and
determining the application.
(4) The Secretary of any members’ club in which
gambling is carried on under the Gambling and Betting Act, shall
at the time of making application under subsection (1) make an
application for the grant or renewal of a certificate to the Licensing
Committee of the Licensing District in which the club is situated.
(5) An application made by the Secretary of a members’
club under subsection (4) shall be accompanied by the following
documents:
(a) a statement of the number and types of gambling
tables and other devices to be used on the
premises; and
(b) (Deleted by Act No. 4 of 2014);
(c) in respect of a year subsequent to the year 2014, a
certificate of the Board of Inland Revenue that the
members’ club is not in arrears of any taxes,
interest or penalty payable to the Board in respect
of the last six years prior to the year of application.
6. (1) The Secretary of every club required to be registered
under this Act shall, before making application to the Licensing
Committee for an order to the Secretary of the Licensing Committee
to enter the club on the register or for the grant or renewal of a
certificate, give twenty-one days’ notice to the police officer in
charge of the division in which the club is situated of his intention
to apply, and shall furnish to him a copy of the return mentioned
above and such officer or some other police officer authorised by
him shall—
(a) verify the particulars contained in the return;
(b) make enquiries to enable him to inform the
Licensing Committee to whom application is
*Act No. 13 of 1956, s.2(2) provides that this subsection shall have effect as though enacted at
the commencement of the Registration of Clubs Act.
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Licensing
Committee to
consider
application.
[29 of 1963].
When Licensing
Committee may
refuse order to
register.
[29 of 1963
6 of 2014].
made upon the matters to be considered by the
committee under section 7;
(c) attend at the hearing of the application;
(d) be entitled to object to the making of an order
for registration of the club either generally or on
any of the grounds of complaint set out in
section 14(1) and (2).
(2) If the Secretary of any club required to be registered
under this Act or of any club on behalf of which he has made
application for the grant or renewal of a certificate under this Act,
fails to comply with any requirement of subsection (1) he is
guilty of an offence against this Act.
(3) If the police officer in charge of the division intends
to object to the making of an order for registration or grant or
renewal of a certificate of a club he shall serve notice of such
intention upon the Secretary.
7. (1) Where notice has been served on the Secretary of any
club that it is the intention of the police officer of the division to
object to the making of an order for registration, or where for any
reason the Licensing Committee requires the Secretary to attend,
the Secretary shall attend and give evidence in respect of any of the
matters mentioned in section 5(2); and in default of the attendance,
the Licensing Committee may refuse to entertain the application.
(2) The Licensing Committee to which application is
made shall duly consider the return furnished by the Secretary of
the club, and any evidence offered in support of the application,
as well as the evidence called by the Police, and shall determine
whether an order shall be made for the entry of the club in the
appropriate register or whether a certificate shall be granted, or
renewed, as the case may be.
8. (1) The Licensing Committee to which application is
made may, in its discretion, refuse to order its Secretary to enter
any club in a register if, in its opinion—
(a) the return furnished as mentioned above is
incomplete;
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(b) the evidence as to the objects of the club or its
system of management, or as to the character of
the club premises is unsatisfactory;
(c) there is satisfactory proof of any of the grounds
of complaint set out in section 14(1)(a), (f) and
(i); or
(d) any other good cause is shown.
(2) The Licensing Committee to which application is
made in respect of a members’ club if not satisfied that the club
is a bona fide members’ club may permit of the registration of the
club as a proprietary club upon the same application and upon
payment of the prescribed fee.
8A. (1) Where an objection to an application for the
registration of a club is made to a Licensing Committee, the
committee shall meet with the applicant and the objector to assist
them in reaching a mutually acceptable resolution.
(2) Where the parties fail to agree to a resolution, the
matter shall be heard by a Magistrate and the Magistrate may, if
satisfied that any of the grounds set out in section 14(1) and (2)
exist, make an order approving or refusing the registration of a
club under this Act.
8B. A person aggrieved by a decision of a Licensing
Committee may apply in writing to a Magistrate for a review of
the decision.
9. In order that a club may be eligible for the grant or
renewal of a certificate, the rules of the club shall provide that—
(a) all members shall be elected by the whole body
of members or by the committee or governing
body, with or without specially added members;
(b) there shall be defined entrance fee and
subscription payable by members in advance;
(c) a member who introduces a visitor to a club
shall, immediately on the admission of the
visitor to the premises, enter his own name and
the name and address of the visitor and the date
of each visit in a book which shall be kept for
Objections.
[6 of 2014].
Appeals from
decisions of
Licensing
Committee.
[6 of 2014].
Club rules
qualifying for
certificate.
[29 of 1963].
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the purpose, and a visitor shall not before the
entry take part in any gambling on the club
premises, and thereafter only on the invitation
and in the company of a member;
(d) no persons shall be allowed to become honorary
or temporary members of the club, or be relieved
of the payment of the regular entrance fee or
subscription, except those possessing certain
qualifications defined in the rules and subject to
conditions and regulations prescribed therein;
(e) no person under twenty-one years of age shall be
admitted a member of the club unless the club is
one primarily devoted to some athletic purpose
and, in that case, a person under eighteen years
of age, or a person under the age of twenty years
who is a student at any primary or secondary
school shall not be permitted to take part in any
gambling on the club premises;
(f) No person resident in any city, town or village
in which a club is situated shall visit the club
as a visitor more frequently than four times
every month.
9A. Every members’ club seeking the renewal of a
certificate in a year subsequent to the year 2014 shall, before the
certificate is issued, satisfy the Licensing Committee that there
are no outstanding gaming taxes, interest or penalty payable to
the Board of Inland Revenue in respect of the last six years prior
to the year in which the application for renewal is made.
10. The Secretary of a Licensing Committee shall, within
three days of the entry of a club in a register, send or cause to be
sent to the Comptroller of Customs and Excise notice that the
club has been entered in the register by him in conformity with
the provisions of this Act.
11. A Licensing Committee to which application is made by
the Secretary of a club may authorise the removal of a registered
club to premises other than those specified in the register, and, if
the application is granted and upon payment of the prescribed fee,
Tax
qualification for
issue of
certificate.
[4 of 2014].
Notice to
Comptroller of
registration.
Transfer of club
to other
premises.
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shall order the Secretary of the Licensing Committee to alter the
register accordingly. Twenty-one days’ notice of any such intended
application shall be given by the Secretary of the Licensing
Committee to the police officer in charge of the division in which
the proposed new premises of the club are situated and the officer
or some other officer of Police authorised by him shall be entitled
to object to the removal at the hearing of the application.
12. (1) If any intoxicating liquor is supplied or sold to any
member or guest on the premises of an unregistered club the
person supplying or selling the liquor and any person authorising
the supply or sale of the liquor are liable to a fine of ten thousand
dollars and to imprisonment for three years.
(2) If any intoxicating liquor is kept for supply or sale
on the premises of an unregistered club, every officer and
member of the club are liable to a fine of five thousand dollars
unless he proves to the satisfaction of the Court that the liquor
was so kept without his knowledge or consent.
13. (1) If any intoxicating liquor is sold on the premises of a
registered club without a licence in force authorising the sale or
contrary to the terms of any licence granted in respect of the premises
the Secretary of the club, or in the case of a proprietary club the
proprietor, is liable to a fine of ten thousand dollars unless he proves
to the satisfaction of the Court that all reasonable precautions had
been taken to prevent any such illegal supply or sale.
(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), the supply of
intoxicating liquor on the premises of a proprietary club to a
member thereof shall not be deemed to be a sale of the liquor by
reason only of the fact that the property funds and assets of the
club are not wholly owned jointly by the members.
(3) Any person selling, assisting in or privy to a sale of
intoxicating liquor in contravention of subsection (1) is liable to
a fine of five thousand dollars.
14. (1) Where a club is registered in pursuance of this Act,
a Magistrate, on complaint in writing by any person, may, if it
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Penalty in
respect of
intoxicating
liquor in
unregistered
club.
[6 of 2014].
Penalty in
respect of
unauthorised
sale of
intoxicating
liquor.
[6 of 2014].
Striking club off
register.
[29 of 1963
9 of 1997
6 of 2014].
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thinks fit, make an order directing the club to be struck off the
register on all or any of the following grounds:
(a) that the club has ceased to exist, or that the
number of members is less than twenty-five;
(b) that it is not conducted in good faith as a members’
club or a proprietary club, as the case may be, or
that it is kept or habitually used for any unlawful
purpose;
(c) that there is frequent drunkenness on the club
premises;
(d) that illegal sales of intoxicating liquor have
taken place on the club premises;
(e) that persons who are not members are habitually
admitted to the club merely for the purpose of
obtaining intoxicating liquor;
(f) that the club occupies premises in respect of
which, within twelve months next preceding the
formation of the club, a licence under the repealed
Liquor Licences Ordinance or the Liquor Licences
Act, has been forfeited or the renewal of a licence
thereunder has been refused, or in respect of which
an order has been made that they shall not be used
for the purposes of a club;
(g) that persons are habitually admitted as members
contrary to the provisions in that behalf
contained in the rules of the club;
(h) that the supply of intoxicating liquor to the club
is not under the control of the members or the
committee appointed by the members;
(i) that the premises in respect of which application
is made are unsuitable either owing to the
difficulty in supervising them, or their size, state
of repair or insanitary condition, or to the lack of
sufficient means of exit in case of fire;
(j) that there are frequent breaches of the rules under
which registration was originally obtained;
(k) that there is frequent disorderly behaviour on
the club premises.
Ch. 32. No. 11.
(1950 Ed.).
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(2) The Magistrate, on complaint in writing by any
person, may cancel a certificate on any of the following grounds:
(a) that the premises have become unsuitable for
the purposes of a club to which a certificate has
been issued;
(b) that the application made by the club, or its rules
or any of them, are, in any respect specified in
the objection, not in conformity with the
provisions of this Act;
(c) that the club is not conducted in good faith as a
members’ club, or that it is kept or habitually
used for any unlawful purpose, or mainly for the
purpose of gambling;
(d) that persons who are not members are habitually
admitted to the club merely for the purpose of
gambling;
(e) that persons are habitually admitted as members
without an interval of at least seven days
between the nomination and the admission;
(f) that the rules have been so changed as not to be
in conformity with the provisions of section 9;
(g) that the club has been held to be a common
gaming house;
(h) that an offence relating to gambling in, or being
present at any gambling on, or being concerned in
the management or organisation of, the premises
of the club held to be a common gaming house
under the provisions of section 11(1) of the
Gambling and Betting Act, has been committed; or
(i) that an offence relating to the payment of gaming
taxes under section 23 has been committed.
(3) For the purpose of determining whether a club is
conducted in good faith as a club, the Magistrate shall have
regard to the nature of the premises occupied by the club and any
other relevant fact.
(4) If the Magistrate grants a summons on the
complaint, the summons shall be served on the Secretary and on
such other person, if any, as the Magistrate may direct.
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Striking club off
Register on
ground of
discrimination.
[14 of 1997
6 of 2014].
(5) Where the Magistrate makes an order striking a club
off the register the Magistrate may, if it thinks fit, by that order,
further direct that the premises occupied by the club shall not be
used for the purposes of any club which is required to be registered
under this Act for a specified period, which may extend, in case of
a first order, to twelve months, or in case of a subsequent order, to
five years. However, any such direction may, for good cause
shown, be subsequently cancelled or varied by the Magistrate.
(6) Every person who acts in contravention of any
direction of a Magistrate under subsection (5) is guilty of an
offence against this Act.
14A. (1) A Magistrate may, on complaint made in writing by
a person to whom this section applies, make an order directing
the club to be struck off the Register if he is satisfied by proof on
oath before him that the conduct of any trade or business on
premises to which the public has access is contrary to the
provisions of section 14B.
(2) Where a complaint has been made against a licensee
under subsection (1), the Magistrate shall summon the licensee to
appear before the Magistrate on the date set for the hearing of the
complaint to respond to the allegations made against him and the
licensee may either represent himself or be represented by an
Attorney-at-law.
(3) For the removal of doubt it is hereby declared that
subject to subsection (4) nothing in this section shall be treated as
having application to a members’ club registered under this Act.
(4) Subject to subsection (5), where a members’ club
proposes to give the public, or any section of the public, access
to the whole or any part of its premises, on any special occasion,
it shall first obtain the permission of a Magistrate and—
(a) any trade or business conducted thereon; or
(b) where the club is used for purposes other than
that of a members’ club, as defined in section 2
of this Act,
such trade, business or purpose shall be done or carried out in
such a manner so as not to contravene section l4B.
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Discrimination
on club
premises.
[14 of 1997].
Striking club off
Register on
ground of
causing a public
annoyance.
[14 of 1997
6 of 2014].
(5) For the purposes of subsection (4) the members’ club
shall pay a fee of one thousand dollars.
(6) A members’ club which contravenes the provisions
of subsection (5) is guilty of an offence and liable on summary
conviction to a fine of fifteen thousand dollars.
(7) This section applies to any person who has been
discriminated against in any manner, including a refusal of
admission or service or refusal of access to facilities on any licensed
premises, on the ground of that person’s race, colour, religion or sex.
(8) The Minister may, by Order, subject to affirmative
resolution of Parliament, increase the grounds on which a person
may claim to have been discriminated against.
14B. (1) Discrimination on premises of a club registered in
pursuance of this Act by the owner or occupier or by the members
of a committee appointed by the members or their servants or
agents or by their associates on the ground of race, colour,
religion or sex is hereby prohibited.
(2) In this section and in section 14A—
“associates” means any individual, partner or company having a
pecuniary interest or otherwise concerned with the carrying
on of any business on the premises of the club in respect of
which there is a complaint under section 14A;
“discrimination” means any inequality of treatment that is less
favourable than that accorded to any person or group of
persons and which is indicative of an intention to deal with
that person or group of persons in a manner that is different
from that in which the majority of other persons or a
substantial number of such persons on any one occasion are
treated or dealt with in that respect.
(3) For the purpose of this Act, segregating a person
whether by place or position or by time or occasion from other
persons on the ground of race, colour, religion or sex is deemed
to be discrimination.
14C. (1) A Magistrate may, on complaint made by an
aggrieved person, make an order directing the club to be struck
off the Register if the conduct of any trade or business on
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Appeals from
order of
Licensing
Committee.
[14 of 1997
6 of 2014].
Ch. 4:20.
Books and
documents
required to be
kept on
premises.
premises to which this Act applies has caused annoyance to
persons in the vicinity of that trade or business by virtue of
excessive noise.
(2) Where a complaint has been made against a licensee
under subsection (1), the Magistrate shall summon the licensee to
appear before the Magistrate on the date set for the hearing of the
complaint to respond to the allegations made against him and the
licensee may either represent himself or be represented by an
Attorney-at-law.
14D. (1) Any person dissatisfied with any order of a
Magistrate under section 8B, 14A or section 14C may appeal
against such order to the Court of Appeal.
(2) The procedure in respect of any appeal under this
section shall be such as is laid down in the Summary Courts Act.
(3) In relation to an order of a Magistrate under sections
14A and 14C, “any person dissatisfied” means a person referred
to in sections 14A(7), 14B(1) and 14C.
15. (1) Except as authorised by a permit under
subsection (3), every registered club shall keep on the club premises
or at such other place as may be authorised in writing by the police
officer in charge of the division in which the club is situated—
(a) a Minute Book recording the business
transacted at all meetings of the committee and
at general meetings of the members;
(b) a register of ordinary or full members showing
their addresses, and a record of the latest
payment of their subscriptions;
(c) a separate register of temporary and honorary
members and of members other than ordinary or
full members, showing the date of election and
period of the membership;
(d) a copy of the rules of the club with any
subsequent alterations authenticated by the
signature of the Secretary;
(e) all accounts for intoxicating liquor supplied to
the club during the preceding six months.
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Power of entry
upon club
premises.
Penalty for
obstructing
Police entering
upon club
premises, etc.
[6 of 2014].
(2) If any requirement of subsection (1) is not complied
with in respect of any club, every member of the committee of
the club, and in the case of a proprietary club the proprietor of the
club, is guilty of an offence under this Act.
(3) The police officer in charge of the division in which
the club is situated, where he is satisfied that reasonable grounds
exist for allowing the removal of any books or documents from
the club premises for any temporary purpose, may grant a permit
authorising the removal of the same to a place to be specified in
the permit for such period not exceeding fourteen days and
subject to such terms and conditions as he thinks fit.
16. Any member of the Police Service of or above the rank of
Inspector, or any member of the Police Service appointed in writing
by a police officer of or above the rank of Assistant Superintendent
to make enquiries for the purposes of this Act, or the member of the
Police Service in charge of the district in which the club premises are
situated may, at any time during such hours as a registered club’s
premises are open to members, enter upon the premises and make
inquiries for the purposes of this Act and may—
(a) call for and inspect all books and documents
required to be kept on the premises;
(b) take copies of any entry in such books or documents;
(c) inspect the club premises;
(d) take the names and addresses of any persons
found on the club premises;
(e) where he has reasonable grounds for believing that
any books, registers, records, papers, accounts or
other documents are not being kept in accordance
with the requirements of this Act, or that there has
been any contravention of this Act or of any
Regulations made thereunder, seize any books,
registers, records, papers, accounts or other
documents relating to the business of the club or
found on the premises.
17. (1) Any person who obstructs or attempts to obstruct
any member of the Police Service mentioned in section 16 in the
exercise of any of his powers under the section, or who prevents
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Search warrant.
Penalty for false
return by
Secretary.
[6 of 2014].
or attempts to prevent any such member of the Police Service
from exercising any of such powers or who fails to give his name
and address or gives a false name or address when required by the
member of the Police Service under the said section to give his
name and address, is liable to a fine of one thousand dollars for
the first offence and a fine of two thousand dollars for a
subsequent offence.
(2) Any person having the charge of any books or
documents required to be kept on the premises of any club who
refuses or fails to produce the same, on demand, to any member
of the Police Service mentioned in section 16 for inspection in
pursuance of the provisions of the said section is liable to a fine
of one thousand dollars for the first offence and to a fine of two
thousand dollars for a subsequent offence.
18. (1) If a Magistrate or Justice is satisfied by information
on oath that there is reasonable ground for supposing that any
registered club is so managed or carried on as to constitute a
ground for striking it off the register, or that any intoxicating
liquor is sold or supplied, or kept for sale or supply, on the
premises of an unregistered club, he may grant a search warrant
to any constable named therein.
(2) A search warrant granted under this section shall
authorise the constable named therein to enter the club at any
time of any day within one month from the date thereof, if
need be by force, and to inspect the premises of the club, to
take the names and addresses of any person found therein,
and to seize any books and papers relating to the business of
the club.
(3) If any person required by a constable under this section
to give his name and address fails to give the same or gives a false
name or address that person is liable to a fine of one hundred dollars.
19. (1) If the Secretary of any registered club or any club
which is required to be registered under this Act omits to
make any application for the registration of the club as
required by section 5(1) or any return required by this Act, he
is liable to a fine of fifteen thousand dollars and
imprisonment for three years.
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(2) If the Secretary of any such club knowingly or
negligently makes a return which is false in any material
particular, he is liable upon proof of the falsity and materiality of
the return to a fine of five thousand dollars and imprisonment for
nine months.
20. (1) Proceedings under this Act may be taken, and all
penalties incurred may be imposed or recovered, in the manner
provided by the Summary Courts Act but no such proceedings
may be instituted except within twelve months from the time
when the matter of the complaint arose.
(2) An appeal shall lie to the Court of Appeal from any
conviction, judgment, order or decision of a Magistrate made or
given under this Act, and the procedure in respect of the appeals
shall be such as is laid down in the Summary Courts Act.
21. (1) In the event of the winding up, dissolution or
discontinuance of a registered club, the Secretary of the club shall
notify the Secretary of the Licensing Committee of the date of the
winding up, dissolution or discontinuance within twenty-one
days from the said date, and in default of so doing is guilty of an
offence against this Act.
(2) In the event of the person appointed to be the
Secretary of a registered club ceasing to hold office by reason of
death, resignation or dismissal, the Chairman of the committee
of a members’ club and the proprietor in the case of a proprietary
club shall notify such fact in writing to the Secretary of the
Licensing Committee and also the name of any successor
appointed, within fourteen days of the occurrence of either of
such events, and if the Chairman or proprietor, as the case may
be fails to comply with any requirement of the subsection he is
guilty of an offence against this Act.
22. (1) The Minister may, subject to affirmative resolution of
Parliament, make Regulations as to all or any of the following matters:
(a) making provision with regard to the fixing of the
hours of opening or closing of club premises;
(b) prescribing the hours during which intoxicating
liquor may or may not be supplied to members
or their guests;
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Procedure and
appeal.
[6 of 2014].
Ch. 4:20.
Notification to
Secretary of the
Licensing
Committee of
discontinuance
of a club or
change of
Secretary.
Regulations.
[29 of 1963
14 of 1997
6 of 2014].
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(c) restricting the supply of intoxicating liquor to
members for consumption off the club premises;
(d) prescribing the manner of application for
extension of hours during which a club may
remain open, or during which intoxicating liquor
may be supplied, the procedure thereon and by
whom any such application may be granted;
(e) prescribing the fees payable upon application
for registration of a club or for transfer of club
premises or for the extension of hours during
which a club may remain open, or during which
intoxicating liquor may be supplied or for the
grant or renewal of a certificate;
(f) regulating the admission of visitors as guests or
temporary members of any registered club;
(g) generally for the more effective carrying out of
this Act;
(h) prescribing offences against any of the Regulations.
(2) Any such Regulations may differentiate between a
members’ club and a proprietary club.
(3) Regulations made under this section may provide in
respect of any offence thereunder for a fine of ten thousand
dollars on summary conviction for such offence.
(4) The Registration of Clubs Regulations (formerly
contained in the First Schedule to this Act) shall be deemed to be
made under this section and may be amended or revoked under
subsection (1).
23. (1) Subject to this section, there shall, commencing in the
year 1997, be charged on all gambling tables and other gambling
devices used or to be used on the premises of a members’ club
desiring to carry on gambling activities therein, a tax to be known
as a gaming tax at the rates specified in the Schedule.
(2) The Secretary of a members’ club shall, within fifteen
days of the grant of a certificate by the Licensing Committee, in
respect of every year commencing from the year 2015—
(a) submit to the Board of Inland Revenue, a return
as to the number of tables and devices used or to
Tax on
gambling
devices.
[9 of 1997
4 of 2014].
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be used on the premises of the club in such form
as may be approved by the Board; and
(b) pay the taxes in respect of the tables and devices
contained in the return on behalf of the club, at
the rates specified in the Schedule.
(3) The return under subsection (2) shall be signed by
the Secretary and shall contain—
(a) the full name and address of the Secretary of the
members’ club;
(b) the name and registered place of business of the
members’ club;
(c) a full description of every table or device used or
to be used on the premises of the members’ club;
(d) the number of tables or devices used or to be
used on the premises of the members’ club;
(e) a calculation of the gaming tax payable in
respect of every table or device used or to be
used on the premises of the members’ club; and
(f) an address for service of notices for the
members’ club.
(4) Where the Secretary of a members’ club fails,
neglects or refuses to submit a return for a year commencing
from 2015, after six months from the time required to file the
return, the Secretary shall, unless the Board of Inland Revenue
otherwise directs, pay the Board of Inland Revenue the sum of
one hundred dollars for every six months or part thereof during
which such failure, neglect or refusal continues.
(5) The Board of Inland Revenue, in respect of the
collection and recovery of the gaming tax, has all the powers as
it has in relation to income tax under the Income Tax Act.
(6) Where it is proved to the satisfaction of the Board of
Inland Revenue that the Secretary has paid on behalf of the
members’ club gaming taxes in excess of the amount in respect
of which the club is properly chargeable, the club shall be entitled
to have the tax so paid in excess, refunded to it.
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(7) Every claim for a refund under subsection (6) shall
be made within one year from the end of the year to which the
claim relates.
(8) Where a members’ club fails to remit the gaming tax
to the Board of Inland Revenue within the times specified in
subsection (2), the Secretary of the members’ club commits an
offence and—
(a) the certificate of the club shall be liable to
cancellation by the Licensing Committee; and
(b) the Secretary shall be liable to pay together
with the tax payable, interest at the rate of
fifteen per cent per annum on the tax.
(9) The gaming tax payable for a new members’ club
which applies for a certificate shall be calculated on a prorated
basis for the unexpired portion of the year from the date upon
which the new club applies for the certificate.
23A. (1) With effect from 1st January 2015, the Board of
Inland Revenue shall cause to be issued in respect of each table
or device, a tag for which gaming tax is paid.
(2) Every tag issued under this section shall be in a form
approved by the Board of Inland Revenue and shall be valid from
the day on which it is issued until the time in the ensuing year
when the gaming tax becomes payable.
(3) The Secretary of a members’ club shall cause to be
displayed on each table or device, the relevant tag for which the
tax was paid, failing which the certificate of the members’ club
shall be liable to cancellation by the Licensing Committee and
the Secretary commits an offence.
(4) Where an offence is committed under subsection (3),
the Secretary is liable on summary conviction to a fine of fifteen
hundred dollars and in the case of a continuing offence, a further eight
hundred dollars for every day during which the offence continues.
23B. (1) The Secretary of a members’ club in which gambling
is carried on, shall deposit with the Comptroller of Accounts the
sum of five hundred thousand dollars on behalf of the members’
BIR Tags.
[4 of 2014].
Deposit made
by members’
club.
[4 of 2014].
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club and the deposit shall be invested in the discretion of the
Minister and the interest thereon, if any, paid to the members’
club thereof at yearly intervals.
(2) In the event of a members’ club failing to pay any
claim validly made on it in respect of a betting transaction where
the member’s club was involved in the gambling transaction, so
much of the deposit referred to in subsection (1) as is necessary
to meet the amount of such claim shall be applied for that
purpose.
(3) Where the deposit is insufficient for the purpose
of meeting the balance of the claim the amount may,
notwithstanding any rule of law to the contrary, be recovered by
action as a civil debt.
(4) For the purposes of subsection (2), the validity of
any claim in respect of a gambling transaction—
(a) shall be determined by the Comptroller of
Accounts where the amount of such claim does
not exceed five hundred dollars; or
(b) may be determined by the Comptroller of
Accounts with the consent of the parties thereto
where the claim exceeds five hundred dollars.
(5) Notwithstanding any rule of law to the contrary, but
subject to subsection (3), an action shall lie for recovery of any
amount claimed in respect of any gambling transaction
conducted by a members’ club.
(6) Where the deposit or part thereof is to be applied to
meet the amount of any claim held to be valid by the Comptroller
of Accounts or by a Court, the amount payable shall be paid out
of the deposit.
(7) Where the amount of any claim is held to be valid by a
Court, the Clerk of the Court or the Registrar thereof shall send a
certified copy of the order or judgment to the Comptroller of Accounts
within twenty-one days of the making of such order or judgment.
(8) Where a payment is made out of a deposit in
satisfaction of any claim in respect of a gambling transaction, the
amount by which the deposit required by subsection (1) to be
deposited with the Comptroller of Accounts has been reduced,
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shall be deposited with the Comptroller of Accounts before a
members’ club undertakes any further gambling transactions.
(9) The Secretary of a members’ club in which a
gambling transaction is effected, who—
(a) without making a deposit required by
subsection (1); or
(b) without depositing the amount required to be
deposited in the circumstances set out in
subsection (8),
commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine
of one thousand, five hundred dollars and the certificate issued
under section 5(4) shall be revoked by the Licensing Committee.
(10) For the purpose of this section, a “gambling
transaction” means a transaction where a payment is made in
money or moneys’ worth to, or by a members’ club, whether or
not the purpose of the transaction is for payment, issue or
redemption of moneys’ worth or for gambling.
23C. (1) Except in respect of an action by, or on behalf of, a
members’ club to obtain judgment in its favour, a members’ club
shall indemnify the Secretary or his personal representative against
all costs, charges and expenses including an amount paid to settle
an action or satisfy a judgment reasonably incurred by him in
respect of any civil, criminal or administrative action or proceeding
to which he is made a party by reason of being, or having been, the
Secretary of that club. Failing which, each and every member of the
Club shall be liable for the said debt of the Secretary.
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply unless the Secretary
to be so indemnified—
(a) acted honestly and in good faith with a view to
the best interests of the members’ club; and
(b) in the case of a criminal or administrative action
or proceeding that is enforced by a monetary
penalty, has reasonable grounds for believing
that his conduct was lawful.
Indemnifying
the Secretary.
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24. (1) No new rule of a registered club relating to the hours
of opening or closing of the club, and no amendment, variation
or revocation of any such rule, and no such rule proposed to be
substituted for any previously existing rule shall be valid unless
and until the same has been approved by the Licensing
Committee of the district in which the club is situated.
(2) The Secretary of a registered club shall forward or
cause to be forwarded to the Secretary of the Licensing Committee
of the district in which the club is situated a copy of every
proposed new rule relating to the hours of opening or closing of
the club and of every proposed amendment, variation or
revocation of any such rule, and of every rule proposed to be
substituted for any such rule, within twenty-one days after the
same has been agreed to by the club; and the Secretary of the
Licensing Committee shall place the same before the Licensing
Committee for approval or disapproval, and shall without delay
inform the Secretary of the club whether the same has been
approved or disapproved, and if the same has been approved shall
file the same with the copy of the rules of the club attached to the
return produced by the Secretary of the club under section 5(2).
(3) If the Secretary of a registered club fails to comply
with any requirement of subsection (2) he is guilty of an offence
against this Act.
25. Any person who is guilty of any offence against this Act
for which no specific penalty is provided is liable to a fine of ten
thousand dollars.
26. The Minister may, if satisfied that a proprietary club is
established and carried on by any person for the benefit of his
employees and not for profit or gain, direct a Licensing
Committee to treat any application under section 5 as if the club
was in fact a members’ club.
27. Nothing in the foregoing provisions of this Act or in the
Liquor Licences Act shall be deemed to prohibit or restrict the sale or
supply of intoxicating liquor to or in any Naval, Military, Air Force,
Volunteer Force, Police or Fire Services Canteen or Mess or other
canteen or mess approved of by the Minister, where the sale or supply
of intoxicating liquor is carried on under the authority of the Minister.
Alterations to
certain rules of
clubs.
General penalty.
[6 of 2014].
Savings as to
proprietary
clubs
established by
employers for
employees.
Savings as to
canteens and
messes.
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28. All evidence given before a Magistrate under this Act
shall be on oath.
29. Any club registered under the Registration of Clubs
Ordinance (repealed by this Act) before the date of the
commencement of this Act for any period shall be deemed to
have been registered under this Act for the same period.
30. (1) Subject to subsection (2), the provisions of the Act
shall for all purposes apply mutatis mutandis to a certificate.
(2) Notwithstanding section 5(4) of the Act, an
application for the grant of a certificate may be made at any time
during the period beginning at the commencement of the
Registration of Clubs (Amendment) Act 1963 (that is, 18th July
1963) and ending on 15th of January next succeeding.
(3) A certificate granted under subsection (2) shall cease to
have effect at the end of the period mentioned in subsection (2) but
may, on an application therefor under the Act, be further renewed.
Evidence to be
on oath.
[6 of 2014].
Clubs
registered under
former
Ordinance
deemed to have
been registered
under this Act.
Application of
Act.
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TAXES PAYABLE ON GAMBLING TABLES AND
OTHER DEVICES
1. For every Baccarat Table … … … $50,000.00 per annum
2. For every Black Jack Table … … … $60,000.00 per annum
3. For every Caribbean Stud Poker Table … $75,000.00 per annum
4. For every Dice Table … … … $35,000.00 per annum
5. For every regular Poker Table … … … $30,000.00 per annum
6. (Deleted by Act No. 4 of 2014)
7. For every Roulette Table … … … $60,000.00 per annum
8. For every Rum 32 Table … … … $75,000.00 per annum
9. For every Sip San Table … … … $75,000.00 per annum
10. For every Slot Machine … … … $12,000.00 per annum
11. For every other table or device not mentioned above $30,000.00 per annum
Section 23.
[195/2003
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SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION
REGISTRATION OF CLUBS REGULATIONS
ARRANGEMENT OF REGULATIONS
REGULATION
1. Citation.
2. Opening and closing.
3. Ceasing of supply of intoxicating liquor.
4. Member residing on premises, etc.
5. Extension of hours.
6. Visiting member.
7. Admission of persons as visitors or guests, etc.
8. Entry in club register of visitors, guests, etc.
9. Fees.
10. Offence.
11. Penalty.
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*These Regulations have been amended by Act No. 6 of 1991; Act No. 4 of 1992; Act No. 3
of 1994; Act No. 8 of 1996; LN 146/1999 and Act No. 6 of 2014.
REGISTRATION OF CLUBS REGULATIONS
made under section 22
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Registration of
Clubs Regulations.
2. The rules of every registered club shall provide for
the hours of opening and closing of the club. However, in the
case of a proprietary club, the opening hour shall not be earlier
than 7.00 o’clock in the morning and the closing hour shall not
be later than half an hour after the time fixed under or in
pursuance of these Regulations for the cessation of the supply of
intoxicating liquor.
3. Except as provided in regulation 5 the supply
of intoxicating liquor in a proprietary club shall cease at
1.00 o’clock a.m.
4. Nothing in these Regulations shall be held to prohibit or
restrict the supply of intoxicating liquor to a member of a club
residing on the club premises or his guests.
5. The Police Officer in charge of the division in which a
proprietary club is situate may, by permit in writing, authorise
such extension of the hours for the supply of intoxicating liquor in
the club as in his absolute discretion he thinks fit, but not
exceeding three hours without the sanction of the Magistrate of
the district on behalf of the Licensing Committee. Any application
for the extension shall be in writing, addressed to such officer,
stating the occasions and reasons for the extension, shall be signed
by the Secretary of the club, and shall be delivered to such officer
at least twenty-four hours prior to the occasion.
6. The Secretary of a club may, if so authorised by the rules
of the club, issue in accordance therewith a card of membership
as a visiting member for not more than fourteen days in the case
of a members’ club and not more than three days in the case of a
proprietary club to a person temporarily visiting Trinidad and
28 of 1955.
[29 of 1963
45 of 1979]*.
Citation.
Opening and
closing.
Ceasing of
supply of
intoxicating
liquor.
Member
residing on
premises, etc.
Extension of
hours.
Visiting
member.
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Tobago; but no subscription shall be payable by the visiting member
in respect thereof and no such card shall be issued to the same person
more than twice in any one year. Nothing in this regulation shall
preclude the election of visitors as temporary or honorary members of
a club in accordance with the rules of the club.
7. Subject to regulation 8, nothing in these Regulations
shall restrict the admission of persons to a club as visitors or
guests in accordance with the rules of the club nor the supply of
intoxicating liquor to a visitor or guest on the invitation and at the
expense of a member of the club or on the invitation and at the
expense of the club itself.
8. The member introducing a visitor or guest, or the
Secretary when a card of membership has been issued to a
visiting member or when visitors or guests have been admitted on
the invitation of the club, shall cause to be entered in the club
register of visitors and guests the name and address of any such
visiting member, visitor or guest.
9. The fees specified in the Schedule shall be paid in respect
of the several matters to which they are applicable and shall be
payable to the Comptroller of Customs and Excise.
10. (1) If any registered club is opened at an earlier hour
than that authorised under these Regulations or remains open
after the time fixed for its closing under these Regulations, every
member of the Management Committee of the club unless he
shows to the satisfaction of the Court that the club was opened or
remained open, as the case may be, without his knowledge or
contrary to his instructions, is guilty of an offence against
these Regulations.
(2) If any intoxicating liquor is supplied in a proprietary
club after 1.00 o’clock a.m., the proprietor of the club is guilty of
an offence against these Regulations.
11. Every person guilty of an offence against these
Regulations is liable on summary conviction therefor to a fine of
ten thousand dollars.
Admission of
persons as
visitors or
guests, etc.
Entry in club
register of
visitors, guests,
etc.
Fees.
Schedule.
Offence.
Penalty.
UNOFFICIAL VERSION
UPDATED TO DECEMBER 31ST 2014
MINISTRY OF LEGAL AFFAIRS www.legalaffairs.gov.tt
Registration of Clubs Regulations[Subsidiary]
32 Chap. 21:01 Registration of Clubs
LAWS OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
SCHEDULE
TABLE OF FEES
(a) Upon application for registration of a members’ club …
(b) Upon application for registration of a proprietary club situate—
(i) in Port of Spain or San Fernando, if at the time of
application the total membership of the club does not
exceed 100 … … … … …
(ii) elsewhere than in Port-of-Spain or San Fernando, if at
the time of application the total membership of the
club exceeds 100 … … … … …
(iii) in Port-of-Spain or San Fernando, if at the time of
application the total membership of the club
exceeds 100 … … … … …
(iv) elsewhere than in Port-of-Spain or San Fernando if at
the time of application the total membership
exceeds 100 … … … … …
(c) In calculating the total membership of a proprietary club no
regard shall be had to temporary, honorary or visiting
members who are elected for a total period of less than
15 days during any one year.
(d) In respect of any club the registration of which is effected
after the 30th June in any year, half the amount only of the
appropriate fee shall be payable.
(e) Upon application to the Police Officer in charge of a division
for any extension of hours in respect of a proprietary club—
(i) in respect of a club the total membership of which
does not exceed 250 … … … …
(ii) in respect of a club the total membership of which
does not exceed 500 … … … …
(iii) in respect of a club the total membership of which
exceeds 500 … … … … …
These fees shall be refunded if the application is not granted.
(f) Upon application in respect of the transfer of club premises…
$ ¢
1,500.00
2,250.00
1,800.00
3,375.00
2,250.00
37.50
75.00
150.00
37.50
Regulation 9.
UNOFFICIAL VERSION
UPDATED TO DECEMBER 31ST 2014
MINISTRY OF LEGAL AFFAIRS www.legalaffairs.gov.tt
