ADVOKS GLOBAL · KENYA
Betting, Lotteries and Gaming Act
43. Sale of ticket by or to a person under sixteen an offence
Edition: 2025-06-20 · Repealed
43. Sale of ticket by or to a person under sixteen an offence
(1)No ticket or chance in a lottery promoted and conducted under this Part shall be sold by or to a person under the age of sixteen years.(2)In the case of a contravention of this section, each of the promoters of the lottery concerned, and where the person by whom this section is contravened is not a promoter that person also, shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a fine not exceeding three thousand shillings or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or to both:Provided that—(i)it shall be a defence for a person charged with an offence under this section only by reason his being a promoter of the lottery to prove that the contravention occurred without his consent or connivance and that he exercised all due diligence to prevent it;(ii)it shall be a defence to prove that the person charged neither knew nor had reasonable cause to suspect that the person was under the age of sixteen years.