AI-assisted research summary: This Act may be cited as The Slot Machine Act, defines “slot machine,” vests property in slot machines in the Crown in right of Saskatchewan, creates an exception for machines in transit outside the province, and lets the Lieutenant Governor in Council make related regulations.
1 SLOT MACHINE c S-50 The Slot Machine Act being Chapter S‑50 of The Revised Statutes of Saskatchewan, 1978 (effective February 26, 1979) as amended by the Statutes of Saskatchewan, 2018, c 42. Table of Contents 1 Short title 2 Interpretation 3 Property in slot machines 4 Exception 5 Regulations NOTE: This consolidation is not official. Amendments have been incorporated for convenience of reference and the original statutes and regulations should be consulted for all purposes of interpretation and application of the law. In order to preserve the integrity of the original statutes and regulations, errors that may have appeared are reproduced in this consolidation. 2 c S-50 SLOT MACHINE CHAPTER S-50 An Act respecting Slot Machines Short title 1 This Act may be cited as The Slot Machine Act. Interpretation 2 In this Act “slot machine” means any automatically or mechanically, or automatically and mechanically, operated contrivance or device that upon or subsequently to the insertion therein or in a slot or receptacle thereof of any money, coin, token, counter, disk, slug or other substance and upon or without the operation of any handle, lever, plunger or other attachment thereof, delivers or returns or purports to deliver or return to any person, either with or without any article of merchandise or any goods, any money, premium, prize, reward, token, counter, disk, slug, or any thing that is intended to be or capable of being exchanged for money or money’s worth or that may be replayed or re‑inserted in the contrivance or device to again set it in operation. RSS 1978, c S‑50, s 2. Property in slot machines 3 The property in all slot machines from time to time in the province is hereby vested in the Crown in right of Saskatchewan. RSS 1978, c S‑50, s 3; 2018, c 42, s 65. Exception 4 Section 3 does not apply to slot machines in transit to a place outside the province. RSS 1978, c S‑50, s 4. Regulations 5 The Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations governing: (a) the seizure or otherwise taking possession of slot machines wherever found within Saskatchewan; (b) the right of entry, either with or without warrant, into or on any premises or place for the purpose of searching for and seizing slot machines; (c) the disposal of slot machines seized or otherwise taken, or received, by any person on behalf of the Crown in right of Saskatchewan. RSS 1978, c S‑50, s 5; 2018, c 42, s 55. REGINA, SASKATCHEWAN Printed by the authority of THE QUEEN’S PRINTER Copyright©2018