La. Rev. Stat. § 4:723
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Immunity
Official statutory text
No persons, association, or corporation
(1) Possessing, selling or in any manner disposing of, in any municipality or parish, any shares, tickets, or rights to participate in any game or games of chance conducted or to be conducted under any license lawfully issued pursuant to this Chapter,
(2) Lawfully conducting or participating in the conduct of any such game of chance, or
(3) Permitting the conduct of any such game of chance upon premises owned by him or it, of any game of chance conducted or to be conducted under any license lawfully issued pursuant to this Chapter,
shall be liable to prosecution or conviction for violation of any provision of R.S. 14:90; however, this immunity shall not extend to any person or corporation knowingly conducting or participating in the conduct of any game of chance under any license obtained by any false pretense or statement made in any application for such license or otherwise, or possessing, selling, or disposing of shares, tickets, or rights to participate in, or permitting the conduct upon any premises owned by him or it of any game of chance conducted under any license known to him or it to have been obtained by any such false or fraudulent pretense or statement.
Acts 1999, No. 568, §3, eff. June 30, 1999.
(1) Possessing, selling or in any manner disposing of, in any municipality or parish, any shares, tickets, or rights to participate in any game or games of chance conducted or to be conducted under any license lawfully issued pursuant to this Chapter,
(2) Lawfully conducting or participating in the conduct of any such game of chance, or
(3) Permitting the conduct of any such game of chance upon premises owned by him or it, of any game of chance conducted or to be conducted under any license lawfully issued pursuant to this Chapter,
shall be liable to prosecution or conviction for violation of any provision of R.S. 14:90; however, this immunity shall not extend to any person or corporation knowingly conducting or participating in the conduct of any game of chance under any license obtained by any false pretense or statement made in any application for such license or otherwise, or possessing, selling, or disposing of shares, tickets, or rights to participate in, or permitting the conduct upon any premises owned by him or it of any game of chance conducted under any license known to him or it to have been obtained by any such false or fraudulent pretense or statement.
Acts 1999, No. 568, §3, eff. June 30, 1999.
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