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Casino Control Act 1991
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80 Possession of certain things prohibited
(1) A person must not, in a casino, use any device for the purpose of enabling the person or some other person to count or otherwise record cards dealt in the course of gaming in the casino.
S. 80(2) amended by No. 42/2022 s. 42(a).
(2) A person must not, in a casino or on premises of which a casino forms part, use or have in the person's possession—
S. 80(2)(a) substituted by No. 42/2022 s. 42(b).
(a) chips or non-cash gaming tokens that the person knows are bogus or counterfeit; or
S. 80(2)(b) amended by No. 42/2022 s. 42(c).
(b) cards, dice or coins that the person knows have been marked, loaded or tampered with; or
(c) for the purpose of cheating or stealing, any equipment, device or thing that permits or facilitates cheating or stealing.
(3) Subsection (2) does not prohibit the possession in a casino of any thing referred to in subsection (2)(a) or (b) by a person in charge of the casino, an agent of the operator, a casino employee, an inspector, or a police officer, if that thing has been seized by any of those persons from another person for use as evidence in proceedings for an offence.