Prize Competitions Act (No. 37 of 1957)

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Prize Competitions Act (No. 37 of 1957) - Sect 8

Description of licences

(1) A licence shall be of one of the following descriptions: -

	(a) a society prize competition licence;

	(b) a newspaper prize competition licence; or

	(c) a commercial prize competition licence.

(2) A society prize competition licence-

	(a) may be issued only to a society, and

	(b) shall authorize the society to which the licence is issued to promote or conduct in the manner specified in the licence the prize competition or each of the prize competitions so specified.

(3) A newspaper prize competition licence-

	(a) may be issued only to a newspaper publisher, and

	(b) shall authorize the newspaper publisher to whom the licence is issued to promote or conduct in or through the newspaper or newspapers specified in the licence the prize competition or each of the prize competitions so specified.

(4) A commercial prize competition licence-

	(a) may be issued only to a trading company, and

	(b) shall authorize the trading company to which it is issued to promote or conduct, in connexion with any commercial purpose specified in the licence, the prize competition or each of the prize competitions so specified.

(5) Every licence shall specify the entrance fee for each entry in the prize competition or each of the prize competitions authorized by the licence to be promoted or conducted.

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