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demeanor" shall mean a crime and ofi'ence. (2) All 

 offences or penalties under the Acts shall be prosecuted and 

 recovered before the sheriff of the county or his substitute 

 in the Sheriff Court, at the instance of the procurator fiscal, 

 or of any private person, under the provisions of the 

 Summary Procedure Act, 1864, and the jurisdictions, powers, 

 and authorities necessary for the purposes of this section 

 are hereby conferred on the sheriffs and their substitutes. 

 (3) Every pecuniary penalty which is adjudged to be paid 

 under either of the Acts is to be paid to the clerk of the 

 Court and by him accounted for and paid to the Queen's 

 and Lord Treasurer's Remembrancer on behalf of Her 

 Majesty. (4) The 13th and 14th sections of the principal 

 Act are not to apply to Scotland, but any person who is 

 convicted under either of the Acts may appeal against such 

 conviction to the High Court of Justiciary, in the manner 

 prescribed by such of the provisions of the 20 Geo. 2, c. 43, 

 and any Acts amending the same, as relate to appeals in 

 matters criminal, and by and under the rules, limitations, 

 convictions and restrictions contained in the said provisions. 



The Betting and Loans [Infants) Act, 1892. 



As the portions of this Act which relate to the inciting 

 infants to betting are to some extent analogous to the 

 legislation on betting houses dealt with in the preceding 

 pages of this chapter, their insertion in this place is deemed 

 appropriate. 



Section 1 of this Act (55 Yict. c. 4) enacts as follows : — Penalty on 

 (1) "If anyone, for the purpose of earning commission, ^'^f"'?S 

 reward, or other profit, sends or causes to be sent to a 

 person whom he knows to be an infant any circular, notice, 

 advertisement, letter, telegram, or other document which 

 invites, or may reasonably be implied to invite, the person 

 receiving it to make any bet or wager, or to enter into or 

 take any share or interest in any betting or wagering tra,ns- 

 action, or to apply to any person or at any place with a view 

 to obtaining information or advice for the purpose of any 

 bet or wager, or for information as to any race, fight, game, 

 sport, or other contingency upon which betting or wagering 

 is generally carried on, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, 

 and shall be liable, if convicted on indictment, to imprison- 

 ment, with or without hard labour, for a term not exceeding 

 three calendar months, or to a fine not exceeding 100^., 



