On 19/05/2013,
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9.
—(1) Where in any proceedings under this Act it is proved that any place entered under this Act was provided with 3 or more telephones or telephone lines and —
(a)
was installed with any telecommunication system or equipment which was arranged in such a manner as to suggest that it is or was being used for the receiving or transmitting of any information relating to any horse-race or other sporting event notwithstanding that such telecommunication system or equipment has been disconnected or tampered with;
(b)
any person found in a place so entered was erasing, tampering with or destroying any writing, sign, mark or symbol relating to the results or dividends payable on any horse-race or other sporting event; or
(c)
two or more telephone calls were received at any such place enquiring about the results, commentary or dividends payable on any horse-race or other sporting event,
it shall be presumed, until the contrary is proved, that the place is a betting information centre and that it is so kept, used or permitted to be used by the owner or occupier thereof, and that any other person found in such place is assisting in the business of the betting information centre.
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(2) Where in any proceedings under this Act it is proved that —
(a)
any document or thing designed, adapted, or intended for use or used for the purpose of betting or wagering was found in any place entered under this Act or upon any person found in such place;
(b)
any person found in a place entered under this Act was erasing, tampering with or destroying any writing, sign, mark or symbol relating to bets or wagers on any horse-race or other sporting event; or
(c)
two or more telephone calls were received at any place entered under this Act and the calls relate to the receiving or negotiating of bets or wagers or to any results, commentary or dividends payable on any horse-race or other sporting event,
it shall be presumed, until the contrary is proved, that the place is a common betting-house and that it is so kept, used or permitted to be used by the owner or occupier thereof, and that any other person found in such place in possession of any such document or thing as is referred to in paragraph (a) is assisting in the management of such common betting-house.