1920 Present : De Sampayo J.

MEEDIN v. PERIES.

226-P. C. Colombo, 27,308.

Lotteries Ordinance, No. 8 of 1844-Penal Code, s. 288-Lottery- Cheetu club.

Accused started a club for drawing a monthly lottery. The proposals were as follows : There were to be 150 members, who were to contribute each a sum of Rs. 2.50 a month. There was to be a monthly drawing of tickets, and during the first twenty months the members who drew the winning tickets were to be paid Rs. 50 and cease to be members. During the next ten months the winner of the ticket was to be paid Rs. 75, and was, similarly, to go out. In the thirtieth month the whole scheme was to be concluded, and the 120 members who would be left without having drawn any money in the meantime were to be paid Rs. 75. Provision was also made for a member borrowing a sum not exceeding one-third of his contributions, and for paying to the heirs of a member who might die within the thirty months the amount of his contributions, together with an additional sum of Re. 5.

Held, that the accused was guilty of a breach of section 5 of the Lotteries Ordinance, No. 8 of 1844, and section 288 of the Penal Code.