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Lotteries Act, 1997 (Act No. 57 of 1997)

Part I : The National Lottery

Chapter 3 : Distribution of net proceeds of National Lottery

32. Payment of allocations

 

(1) The Commission in consultation with the board may, in respect of any allocation awarded for a specific good cause which the board pays over to the Commission or in respect of a grant which the Commission may pay to a recipient, impose such conditions it deems fit, in addition to conditions requiring—
(a) the amount of a grant or an allocation to be repaid forthwith on breach of any condition, in addition to any penalties which the Commission in consultation with the board may impose;

[Section 32(1)(a) amended by section 30(b) of Act No. 32 of 2013]

(b) [Section 32(1)(b) deleted by section 30(c) of Act No. 32 of 2013];
(c) that a category of juristic person as prescribed by the Minister after consultation with the board shall in respect of amounts prescribed by the Minister after consultation with the board, granted to it from time to time, provide the distributing agency with financial statements which are audited or independently reviewed, whatever the case may be, of all amounts distributed;

[Section 32(1)(c) amended by section 30(d) of Act No. 32 of 2013]

(d) any recipient of a grant to provide the distributing agency with any relevant information it may require; and

[Section 32(1)(d) amended by section 30(d) of Act No. 32 of 2013]

(e) a directive on the splitting of the grant distributed between administrative costs and the actual cause funded.

[Section 32(1)(e) inserted by section 30(e) of Act No. 32 of 2013]

[Section 32(1) amended by section 30(a) of Act No. 32 of 2013]

 

(2) In deciding on the juristic persons to whom grants are to be made, the Commission shall be satisfied that any such juristic person is competent to allocate the amounts equitably among all the members it represents.

[Section 32(2) amended by section 30(f) of Act No. 32 of 2013]

 

(3)        

(a) In considering any application for a grant in terms of this Chapter, the distributing agency shall comply with any criteria prescribed or issued by the Minister after consultation with the board as to the matters to be taken into account in determining the persons to whom, the purposes for which and the conditions subject to which that distributing agency is to allocate any amounts.
(b) In determining matters to be taken into account in determining the persons to whom, purpose to whom, the purpose for which, and the conditions subject to which the distributing agency is to allocate any amounts, the board in consultation with the Minister, must take into account general development in the Republic and government priorities at the relevant time.

[Section 32(3) amended by section 30(g) of Act No. 32 of 2013]

 

(4) [Section 32(4) deleted by section 30(h) of Act No. 32 of 2013]