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played, betted or staked at any game prohibited by this or any 

 of the said statutes. 

 Proviso for 6. Provided also, that nothing in this Act contained shall 



royal palaces, extend to prevent or hinder any person or persons from playing 

 "' at any game whatsoever within any of his majesty's royal 



palaces wherein his majesty, his heirs and successors, shall then 

 actually reside. 

 No privilege 7. No privilege of parliament shall be allowed to any person 



of parliament, qj. persons whatsoever against whom any prosecution or pro- 

 ceedings shall be commenced or had for keeping of any public 

 or common gaming-house, or any house, room or place for 

 playing at any game or games prohibited by this or any other 

 Act now in being against excessive or deceitful gaming, any law, 

 usage or custom to the contrary in anywise notwithstanding. 



&c. 



5 & 6 Will. IV. Cap. 41. 



An Act to amend the Law relating to Securities given for Con- 

 siderations arising out of gaming, usurious and certain other 

 illegal Transactions. 



16 Car. 2, c. 7. Whereas by an Act passed in the sixteenth year of the reign 

 of his late majesty King Charles the Second, and by an Act 

 passed in the parliament of Ireland in the tenth year of the 



10 Will. 3, (I.) reign of his late majesty King William the Third, each of such 

 Acts being intituled "An Act against deceitful, disorderly and 

 excessive Gaming," it was enacted, that all and singular judg- 

 ments, statutes, recognizances, mortgages, conveyances, assur- 

 ances, bonds, bills, specialties, promises, covenants, agreements, 

 and other acts, deeds and securities whatsoever, which should 

 be obtained, made, given, acknowledged, or entered into for 

 security or satisfaction of or for any money or other thing lost 

 at play or otherwise as in the said Acts respectively is men- 

 tioned, or for any part thereof, should be utterly void and of 



9 Ann. c. 14. none effect : and whereas by an Act passed in the ninth year of 

 the reign of her late majesty Queen Anne, and also by an Act 

 '11 Ann. (I.) passed in the parliament of Ireland in the eleventh year of the 

 reign of her said late majesty, each of such Acts being intituled 

 " An Act for the better preventing of excessive and deceitful 

 Gaming," it was enacted, that from and after the several days 

 therein respectively mentioned all notes, bills, bonds, judgments, 

 mortgages or other securities or conveyances whatsoever, given, 

 granted, drawn, or entered into or executed by any person or 

 persons whatsoever, where the whole or any part of the con- 

 sideration of such conveyances or securities should be for any 

 money or other valuable thing whatsoever won by gaming or 



