Section 20-358. Offenses, forfeitures of license; ineligibility to apply for license


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  • Any person, association or corporation who or which shall:    (a) make any false  statement  in  any  application  for  any  license
      authorized  to  be issued under this subchapter or article fourteen-H of
      the general municipal law;
        (b) pay or receive, for the use of any premises for conducting  bingo,
      a  rental  in  excess of the amount specified as the permissible rent in
      the license provided for in this subchapter or article fourteen-H of the
      general municipal law;
        (c) fail to keep such books and  records  as  shall  fully  and  truly
      record  all  transactions  connected with the conducting of bingo or the
      leasing of premises to be used for the conduct of bingo;
        (d) falsify or make any false entry in any books or records so far  as
      they relate in any manner to the conduct of bingo, to the disposition of
      the proceeds thereof and to the application of the rents received by any
      authorized organization;
        (e) divert or pay any portion of the net proceeds of any game of bingo
      to  any person, association or corporation, except in furtherance of one
      or more of the lawful purposes defined  in  article  fourteen-H  of  the
      general municipal law; or
        (f)  violate  any  of  the  provisions  of  this subchapter or article
      fourteen-H of the general municipal law or of any term  of  any  license
      issued under this subchapter; shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall
      forfeit  any  license issued under this subchapter or article fourteen-H
      of the general municipal law and be ineligible to apply  for  a  license
      under this subchapter or article fourteen-H of the general municipal law
      for one year thereafter.