ADVOKS GLOBAL · KENYA
Betting, Lotteries and Gaming Act
45. Offences relating to unlicensed gaming premises
Edition: 2025-06-20 · Repealed
45. Offences relating to unlicensed gaming premises
(1)Subject to this Act, a person who—(a)being the owner or occupier or having the use temporarily or otherwise thereof, keeps or uses unlicensed gaming premises; or(b)permits premises of which he is the owner or occupier, or of which he has the use temporarily or otherwise, to be used as unlicensed gaming premises; or(c)has the care or management of, or in any manner assists or is engaged in the management of, premises kept or used as unlicensed gaming premises; or(d)announces or publishes or causes to be announced or published, either orally or by means of any print, writing, design, sign or otherwise, that any premises are opened, kept or used as unlicensed gaming premises, or in any manner invites or solicits any person to play in unlicensed gaming premises; or(e)advances, furnishes or receives money for the purpose of establishing or conducting the business of unlicensed gaming premises,shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a fine not exceeding ten thousand shillings or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or to both.(2)A person who games in unlicensed gaming premises shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a fine not exceeding five thousand shillings or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to both; and a person found in unlicensed gaming premises, or found escaping therefrom on the occasion of its being entered under this Act, shall be presumed until the contrary is proved to be or to have been gaming therein.(3)A person who occupies or has the use temporarily of premises which are kept or used by another person as unlicensed gaming premises shall be presumed until the contrary is proved to have permitted that place to be so kept or used.(4)In this section, "unlicensed gaming premises" means gaming premises in respect of which no licence is issued under this Part.