ADVOKS GLOBAL · KENYA
Betting, Lotteries and Gaming Act
64. Forfeiture of licence and security on conviction and disqualification of licensee
Edition: 2025-06-20 · Repealed
64. Forfeiture of licence and security on conviction and disqualification of licensee
(1)If a person issued with a licence under this Act is convicted of an offence under this Act or of an offence involving fraud or dishonesty, the Court by or before which he is convicted may order that his licence shall be forfeited and cancelled; and if that person is convicted of an offence under Part III or Part V the Court may make such further order as to the forfeiture of his security or part thereof furnished to the Board under section 6 as it deems fit, and the provisions of Part IV of the Criminal Procedure Code (Cap. 75), in so far as they relate to forfeiture of recognizances, shall apply mutatis mutandis:Provided that no security or part thereof shall be applied in settlement of any betting or gaming entered into by that person.(2)A person whose licence is forfeited and cancelled in pursuance of an order under subsection (1) shall, by virtue of that order, be disqualified from holding or obtaining a licence or a further licence for a period of five years beginning with the date of the conviction which gave rise to the order:Provided that, in a case where it appears to the Court making the order to be just in all the circumstances, the Court may include in the order a direction that the period of disqualification shall be such period shorter than five years as the Court may specify.(3)A bookmaker, promoter of a pool betting scheme or organizer or manager of licensed gaming premises, or a servant or agent of his, who employs in his business any person known to him to be disqualified by subsection (2) shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a fine not exceeding two thousand shillings.