640.This section provides that a non-commercial society commits an offence if a small society lottery is promoted on its behalf without the necessary registration with the local authority. It is also an offence to fail to comply with the obligation to file a statement of the matters prescribed in paragraph 39 of Schedule 11 with the registering authority, or to submit false or misleading information in that statement.
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