Quickfire raffles may be made legal
PA Auckland I The Minister of Internal Affairs (Mr Highet) predicts I that legislation affirming the i legality of quickfire raffles in I hotel bars will be presented to Parliament before the end [of the present session. The amending legislation is being dealt with by the i Statutes Revision Committee i with a view to being incor|porated in the Statutes Amendment Bill, which Mr 1 Highet describes as a “cleaning up bill.”
1 To get the needed change made this session, the com1 mittee — members from each s side of the House — had to j agree the issue was not a i controversial matter 1 The legality of sports clubs' i holding quickfire raffles in hotel bars was questioned by 5 the police earlier this year • after the new Gaming and j Lotteries Act came into • force. ; Club organisers and hotel - managements were warned - about the possibility of prosecution.
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Press, 20 September 1978, Page 4
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