Public Hospitals Act, 1933

Form of tickets and restrictions on advertisements, &c.

10.—(1) Every book of tickets in a sweepstake held under this Act shall have clearly printed thereon a statement that such sweepstake is being held under this Act for the benefit of hospitals and kindred institutions in the Irish Free State.

(2) Every ticket in a sweepstake held under this Act shall have clearly printed thereon a statement requesting the purchaser of such ticket, in the event of the committee managing such sweepstake failing to acknowledge the receipt of the price of such ticket, to send direct to such committee a notification of such failure, and such ticket shall also have clearly printed thereon a sufficient indication of the name and address to which such notification should be sent.

(3) No advertisement, memorandum, circular, book of tickets, ticket, or other document issued in relation to a sweepstake by the sweepstake committee for such sweepstake shall contain any words indicating or which could reasonably be construed as indicating that such sweepstake is being held under the auspices or patronage of the Government of Saorstát Eireann or of any Minister head of a Department of State.

(4) If any advertisement, memorandum, book of tickets, ticket, or other document issued in relation to a sweepstake by the sweepstake committee for such sweepstake contravenes any provision of this section, every member of such committee shall be guilty of an offence under this section and shall be liable on summary conviction thereof to a fine not exceeding fifty pounds.