Section 484. Control and supervision; suspension of licenses; inspection of premises  


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  • 1. The governing body of any municipality issuing any  license  under  this  article  shall  have  and  exercise rigid control and close
      supervision over all games of bingo conducted under such license, to the
      end that the same are fairly conducted in accordance with the provisions
      of such license, the provisions of the rules and regulations promulgated
      by the control commission and the provisions of this  article  and  such
      governing  body  and the control commission shall have the power and the
      authority to suspend any license issued by such governing  body  and  to
      revoke  the  same,  and,  additionally,  in  the  case  of an authorized
      commercial lessor, to impose a fine  in  an  amount  not  exceeding  one
      thousand  dollars,  after  notice and hearing, for violation of any such
      provisions, and shall have the  right  of  entry,  by  their  respective
      officers  and  agents,  at all times into any premises where any game of
      bingo is being conducted or where it is  intended  that  any  such  game
      shall  be conducted, or where any equipment being used or intended to be
      used in the conduct thereof is found, for the purpose of inspecting  the
      same.
        2. In addition to the authority granted pursuant to subdivision one of
      this  section,  the governing body and the control commission, in a city
      having a population of one million or more, may  impose  a  fine  in  an
      amount  not exceeding one thousand dollars, after notice and hearing, on
      any licensee under this article for violation of any provision  of  such
      license,  this  article  or  rules  and regulations promulgated pursuant
      thereto.