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16(1)Any person who is knowingly concerned in or in taking steps with a view to the fraudulent evasion by him or any other person of bingo duty shall be guilty of an offence and liable—
(a)on summary conviction to a penalty of the prescribed sum or, if greater, treble the amount of the duty payment of which is sought to be evaded or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to both, or
(b)on conviction on indictment to a penalty of any amount or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to both.
(2)Any person who—
(a)is knowingly concerned with the promotion of bingo (being bingo which is or may be chargeable with bingo duty) where the promoter is not registered by the Commissioners in accordance with paragraph 10 above ; or
(b)is knowingly concerned with the combination of any game of bingo with other bingo contrary to section 19(2) of this Act,
shall be guilty of an offence and liable—
(i)on summary conviction to a penalty of the prescribed sum or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to both ; or
(ii)on conviction on indictment, to a penalty of any amount or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to both.
(3)Any person who—
(a)contravenes or fails to comply with any provision of this Part of this Schedule or of regulations, or
(b)fails to comply with any requirement made of him by or under any such provision,
shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a penalty of £500.
(4)Where a person is convicted under sub-paragraph (3) above in respect of a failure to comply with any provision of this Part of this Schedule or of regulations and the failure continues after the conviction, he shall be guilty of a further offence under that sub-paragraph and may on conviction be punished accordingly.
17(1)If a justice of the peace or, in Scotland, a justice (within the meaning of section 462 of the [1975 c. 21.] Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975) is satisfied on information on oath that there is reasonable ground for suspecting that an offence under paragraph 16 above is being, has been, or is about to be committed on any premises, he may issue a warrant in writing authorising any officer to enter those premises (if necessary by force) at any time within fourteen days from the time of the issue of the warrant and search them.
(2)An officer who enters premises under the authority of such a warrant may—
(a)seize and remove any books, records, accounts, documents, money or valuable thing, and any instrument, device, apparatus or other thing whatsoever found on the premises, which he has reasonable cause to believe may be required as evidence for the purposes of proceedings in respect of such an offence, and
(b)search any person found on the premises whom he has reasonable cause to believe to be concerned with the promotion of bingo or, as the case may be, with the management of any premises used for the purpose of playing bingo.
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