Section 206 - Offences relating to lotteries.

(1) Whoever-

(a) gives or sells or offers for sale or delivers any lottery ticket or pays or receives directly or indirectly any money or money's worth for or in respect of any chance in or event or contingency connected with a public lottery;

(b) draws, throws, declares or exhibits expressly or otherwise the winner or winning number, ticket, lol. figure, design, symbol or other result of any public lottery,

(c) writes, prints, publishes, or causes to be written, printed, or published any lottery ticket or any announcement relating to a public lottery; or

(d) advances, furnishes or receives money for the purpose of a public lottery, shall be punished with imprisonment which may extend to one year or with a fine which may extend to twenty thousand naira or w ith both.

(2) Nothing in this section shall apply

(a) to the sale by raffle or lottery of articles exposed for sale at any gathering held for the purpose of raising funds in aid of any institution of a public character where permission for such sale have been given in writing by the Governor;

(b) to any lottery or sweepstake organised or controlled at or in connection with any race meeting held under the auspices of any race club or association in the State which has been exempted from the provisions of this section by the Governor by notice in the Slate Gazelle;

(c) to any club to which the Governor has granted a licence authorising a lottery to be promoted as an incident of entertainment by members of the club on the premises of the club and subject to any conditions contained in the licence;

(d) to any lottery or sweepstake organised and controlled by any race club in the State to which the Governor may by notice in the State Gazelle extend the provi­ sions of (his section, at or in connection with any race meeting held under the auspices of any such club or association.