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N.Y. GMU Law § 495

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Offenses; forfeiture of license; ineligibility to apply for license

Official statutory text

§ 495. Offenses; forfeiture of license; ineligibility to apply for\nlicense. Any person, association or corporation who or which shall:\n (1) make any false statement in any application for any license\nauthorized to be issued under this article;\n (2) pay or receive, for the use of any premises for conducting bingo,\na rental in excess of the amount specified as the permissible rent in\nthe license provided for in subdivision two of section four hundred\neighty of this article;\n (3) fail to keep such books and records as shall fully and truly\nrecord all transactions connected with the conducting of bingo or the\nleasing of premises to be used for the conduct of bingo;\n (4) falsify or make any false entry in any books or records so far as\nthey relate in any manner to the conduct of bingo, to the disposition of\nthe proceeds thereof and to the application of the rents received by any\nauthorized organization;\n (5) divert or pay any portion of the net proceeds of any game of bingo\nto any person, association or corporation, except in furtherance of one\nor more of the lawful purposes defined in this article; or\n (6) violate any of the provisions of this article or of any term of\nany license issued under this article;\nshall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall forfeit any license issued\nunder this article and be ineligible to apply for a license under this\narticle for one year thereafter.\n

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