General Municipal Law 195-J — Legislation

Legislation Search OpenLegislation Statutes Search Term Search icon Search previous SECTION 195-I Exemption from prosecution up ARTICLE 9-A Local Option For Conduct of Games of Chance By Certain Organizations next SECTION 195-K Unlawful games of chance Viewing most recent revision (from 2014-09-22) View historical revision as of: -- Choose a Date -- 2014-09-22 Share Facebook Email SECTION 195-J Offenses; forfeiture of license; ineligibility to apply for license General Municipal (GMU) CHAPTER 24, ARTICLE 9-A § 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.