View All - 1957 Acts Section No : Acts & Ordinances PRIZE COMPETITIONSMarginal Notes1. This Act may be cited as the Prize Competitions Act, No. 37 of 1957, and shall come into operation on such date as the Minister may appoint by Order published in the Gazette.*2. Tax on prize competitions. 3. Licence required for prize competition other than a school magazine competition. 4. School magazine competition to be subject to certain conditions. 5. Minister to issue licences. 6. Power of Permanent Secretary to require applicants to furnish information and documents. 7. Fees for licences. 8. Description of licences. 9. Applications for licences. 10. Conditions to which all licences are subject. 11. Special conditions to which society and commercial prize competition licences are subject. 12. Special conditions to which newspaper prize competition licences are subject. 13. Disposal of unclaimed prizes in licensed prize competitions. 14. Persons who are deemed to promote or conduct prize competitions. 15. Authorized representative may act on behalf of licensee. 16. Prohibition of participation in foreign prize competition. 17. Offences. 18. Punishment for offences under this Act. 19. Forfeiture of money and disposal of productions before court. 20. Search warrants. 21. Proof of licence by production of certified copy. 22. Affixing of facsimile of Minister's signature to licence. 23. Offences to be cognizable offences. Cap. 20. 24. Interpretation.