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Prize Competitions Act (No. 37 of 1957) - Sect 11

Special conditions to which society and commercial prize competition licences are subject

11. A society prize competition licence or a commercial prize competition licence shall be subject to the following conditions in addition to the conditions specified in section 10: -
(1) no entry form in any prize competition promoted or conducted under the authority of the licence shall be printed or published in any newspaper;
(2) every entry form in the competition shall be printed by a printer whose name and address are specified in the licence, unless the licence authorizes entries in the competition to be made by means of entry forms prepared by the entrants;
(3) the entry forms in the competition shall, unless such forms are prepared by the entrants in the competition, be serially numbered;
(4) every entry form in the competition shall, unless it is prepared by an entrant in the competition, bear on its face-
(a) the name and address of the licensee,
(b) the name and address of the printer by whom it was printed,
(c) the entrance fee for each entry in the competition, and
(d) a serial number;
(5) where entries in the competitions are made by means of entry forms prepared by the entrants- (c) the entrance fee paid for each entry in the competition shall be paid into the account of the licensee in such bank as is specified in the licence.
(a) the entrance fee shall be paid only by cheque, money order or postal order drawn in the name of the licensee and no entry shall be allowed unless such fee is so paid; and
(b) a register shall be kept by the licensee containing-
(i) the name and address of every entrant, and
(ii) particulars of the cheque, money order or postal order by means of which the entrance fee is paid by each entrant; and


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