Public Hospitals (Amendment) (No. 2) Act, 1939

Application of proceeds of sweepstakes.

6.—(1) The balance of the moneys received from the sale of tickets in a sweepstake held by the Society by virtue of this Act remaining after paying or providing for the prizes distributed in such sweepstake, the expenses incurred in holding such sweepstake, and any duty or tax chargeable in respect of such balance shall be paid to the Society.

(2) Moneys paid to the Society in pursuance of the foregoing sub-section of this section in respect of a sweepstake shall be applied by the Society in accordance with the provisions in that behalf contained in the scheme sanctioned by the Minister for Justice in respect of such sweepstake.

(3) It shall be lawful for the Society, where the scheme sanctioned by the Minister for Justice in respect of a sweepstake held by the Society by virtue of this Act so provides, to pay to foreign societies, in accordance with such scheme portion of the moneys paid in pursuance of the first sub-section of this section to the Society in respect of such sweepstake.