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Acts & Ordinances GAMBLING REGULATORY AUTHORITY ACT Marginal Notes 1. Short title and date of operation 2. Application of this Act 3. Objects of the Act 4. Establishment of the Gambling Regulatory Authority 5. Powers of the Authority 6. Duties and functions of the Authority 7. Constitution of the Board of Management 8. Chairperson of the Board 9. Disqualifications for being appointed as a member of the Board 10. Term of office of the appointed members of the Board 11. Removal, resignation etc. of appointed members 12. Quorum and the meetings of the Board 13. Acts or proceedings of the Board deemed not to be invalid by reason of any vacancy 14. Seal of the Authority 15. Licensing of gambling 16. Application for licence 17. Application for certificate of registration of premises 18. Digital gambling 19. Authorised gambling 20. Rules of gambling, list of gambling and number of stakes 21. Display of licence, certificate of registration of premises, rules and etc. 22. Authorised transactions relating to gambling 23. Form and duration of a licence or certificate of registration of premises 24. Renewal of a Licence and certificate of registration of premises 25. Reasons to be Communicated 26. Amendments to the licence or certificate of registration of premises 27. Restriction on transfer of licence 28. Notification of change of corporate control 29. Suspension of a licence or certificate of registration of premises 30. Cancellation of a licence or registration of certificate of premises 31. Notice to show cause 32. Appeals 33. Gambling Software 34. Gambling on ships 35. Junket licence and operators 36. Fund of the Authority 37. Financial year and audit of accounts. 38. Application of Part II of the Finance Act, No. 38 of 1971. 39. Appointment of a Director-General of the Authority 40. Staff of the Authority and remuneration 41. Appointment of public officers to the staff of the Authority 42. Conduct gambling without a licence 43. Providing false, misleading, or inaccurate information 44. Advertising unlawful gambling 45. Gambling operations outside the approved gambling premises 46. Using or allowing the use of premises by an owner or occupier for unlawful gambling 47. Offence of organizing gambling 48. Offence of financing unlawful gambling 49. Offence of being in unlawful gambling premises 50. Prohibited or unapproved gambling machine use 51. Gambling with underage individuals 52. Prohibited age 53. Unlawful employment of person below twenty-one years of age in gambling 54. Prohibition of Misleading Advertisement 55. General offence 56. Additional penalty 57. Provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure Act to apply 58. Jurisdiction 59. Record keeping requirement 60. Power to examine books and records and to search gambling premises 61. Sharing information 62. Agreements and arrangements by the Board for purposes of exchange of information 63. Imposition of a penalty 64. Recovery of Penalty 65. Apply for an interim injunction 66. Panel of Experts 67. Acquisition of immovable property under the Land Acquisition Act 68. Annual Reports 69. Declaration of secrecy 70. Protection for action taken under this Act 71. Directions of the Minister 72. Delegation of powers of the Authority 73. Authority deemed to be a scheduled institution within the meaning of the AntiCorruption Act, No. 9 of 2023 74. Members, officers and employees of the authority deemed to be public servants 75. Reimbursement of expenses 76. Regulations 77. Rules 78. Transitional provisions and savings 79. Interpretation 80. Sinhala text to prevail in case of inconsistency