(1) A person may apply to the District Court for a licence (in this Act referred to as ‘a lottery licence’) authorising the person to promote periodical lotteries in accordance with this Act.
(2) An application for a lottery licence shall -
(a) be accompanied by the prescribed fee, and
(b) be made to the court not less than 60 days before the first day on which it is intended to promote a lottery to which the application relates.
(3) In considering an application under this section for a lottery licence, a judge of the District Court shall have regard to the following:
(a) the character of the applicant;
(b) the number of periodical lotteries already in operation in the locality;
(c) the purpose of the lottery.
(4) On the hearing of an application under this section for a lottery licence, the superintendent of the Garda Síochána for the district in which the lottery is to be held and any other person who appears to the court to be interested may appear and adduce evidence in rela
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