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What is NYC AC § 20-357?

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This section provides immunity from prosecution for individuals or corporations lawfully conducting bingo games or permitting such activities on their premises under a valid license. However, this immunity does not apply to those who knowingly engage in bingo activities under a license obtained through false pretenses. Applies to individuals and corporations involved in bingo operations.

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§ 20-357 Exemption from prosecution.

AC § 20-357

No person or corporation: (a) Lawfully conducting, or participating in the conduct of bingo, or (b) Permitting the conduct upon any premises owned or leased by him, her or it under any license lawfully issued pursuant to this subchapter and article fourteen-H of the general municipal law, shall be liable to prosecution or conviction for violation of any provision of article one hundred thirty of the penal law or any other law or ordinance to the extent that such conduct is specifically authorized by this subchapter or article fourteen-H of the general municipal law, but this immunity shall not extend to any person or corporation knowingly conducting or participating in the conduct of any game of bingo under any license obtained by any false pretense or by any false statement made in any application for license or otherwise, or permitting the conduct upon any premises owned or leased by him, her or it of any game of bingo conducted under any license known to him, her or it to have been obtained by any such false pretense or statement.

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