sec.231Other evidentiary provisions

sec.231 Other evidentiary provisions

In support of an allegation in a complaint or indictment about either of the following relating to a place, until the contrary is proved, it is sufficient to prove a bet was made or settled with, or paid to, a person at that place— that the place stated in the complaint or indictment is an illegal betting place; that a person is conducting bookmaking at the place stated in the complaint or indictment. A statement in a complaint or indictment of 1 or more of the following matters is evidence, for this Act, of the matter or matters— a place was a public place at a stated time; a particular person was, at a stated time, an occupier of a stated place; a particular person was, at a stated time, a member of or holder of an office in the committee of a stated licensed club or other stated association; on a stated day a race meeting was held, or allotted to be held, at a stated place; an animal known by a stated name competed in, or had been entered to compete in, a race meeting on a stated day. A statement in a complaint for an offence against this Act that the matter of the complaint came to the knowledge of the complainant on a stated day is evidence of when the matter came to the complainant’s knowledge. s 231 amd 2022 No. 24 s 18 (sec.231-ssec.1) In support of an allegation in a complaint or indictment about either of the following relating to a place, until the contrary is proved, it is sufficient to prove a bet was made or settled with, or paid to, a person at that place— that the place stated in the complaint or indictment is an illegal betting place; that a person is conducting bookmaking at the place stated in the complaint or indictment. (sec.231-ssec.2) A statement in a complaint or indictment of 1 or more of the following matters is evidence, for this Act, of the matter or matters— a place was a public place at a stated time; a particular person was, at a stated time, an occupier of a stated place; a particular person was, at a stated time, a member of or holder of an office in the committee of a stated licensed club or other stated association; on a stated day a race meeting was held, or allotted to be held, at a stated place; an animal known by a stated name competed in, or had been entered to compete in, a race meeting on a stated day. (sec.231-ssec.3) A statement in a complaint for an offence against this Act that the matter of the complaint came to the knowledge of the complainant on a stated day is evidence of when the matter came to the complainant’s knowledge.

• (a) that the place stated in the complaint or indictment is an illegal betting place;
• (b) that a person is conducting bookmaking at the place stated in the complaint or indictment.
• (a) a place was a public place at a stated time;
• (b) a particular person was, at a stated time, an occupier of a stated place;