Delaware General Assembly


CHAPTER 361

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11, DELAWARE CODE OF 1953, CHAPTER 3, SUBCHAPTER XXXV, ENTITLED "LOTTERIES, GAMBLING AND BETTING" BY PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS OF SECTIONS 661, 662, 663, 664, 665, 666, 667, 669, AND 670.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Delaware:

Section 1. Title 11, Delaware Code of 1953, Chapter 3, Subchapter XXXV entitled "Lotteries, Gambling and Betting" be and the same is hereby amended by adding a new Section at the end of said Subchapter as follows:

§ 670 (A). Penalties

Whoever shall be convicted of violating Sections 661, 662, 663, 664, 665, 666, 667, 669 and 670 of this Chapter shall, for a first offense, be fined not more than $500, or imprisoned not more than 6 months, or both; for a second offense, be fined not more than $3,000, or imprisoned not more than 1 year or both; and for a third and all subsequent offenses, be fined not more than $5,000, and imprisoned not more than 3 years.

Section 2. All parts of said Sections of Title 11, Chapter 3, Sub-Chapter XXXV which are inconsistent herewith be and the same are hereby repealed.

Approved April 26, 1962.