2. No person shall-
| (a) print, publish or communicate any matter connected with, or incidental to, or descriptive of, the running of racehorses in or outside Ceylon or any race-meeting held or to be held in or outside Ceylon, or |
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| (b) import any newspaper, book, magazine or other publication which, in the opinion of the Principal Collector of Customs or other officer authorized by him in that behalf, contains 946 wholly or mainly any matter connected with, or incidental to, or descriptive of, the running of racehorses, or any race-meeting held or to be held, in or outside Ceylon, or |
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| (c) distribute or sell, or offer for sale, any article printed, published, communicated or imported in contravention of the preceding provisions of this section:
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Provided, however, that the preceding provisions of this section shall have no application to-
| (a) the publication by an approved racing club in conformity with the provisions of the Lotteries Ordinance of any notice or advertisement relating to the promotion or conduct of any lottery in connection with a horse-race, or |
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| (b) the printing, publication, distribution or sale in conformity with the provisions of this Act of the official race-card of an approved racing club, or |
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| (c) the communication by an approved racing club to the owner or trainer of any racehorse, or by that owner or trainer to that club, of any matter connected with the running of such racehorse, or |
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| (d) the publication by an approved racing club of the finding in any inquiry or investigation by that club into the running of any racehorse or any matter connected therewith, or |
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| (e) the printing or publication by an approved racing club-
| | (i) of the programme of races for any racing season in accordance with the constitution of that club, | | |
| | (ii) of the racing calendar required to be published by that club in accordance with the rules of that club, | | |
| | (iii) of the list of entries of horses for the races to be run at any race-meeting for the purpose of distribution only to owners and trainers of such horses and to officials of that club, and | | |
| | (iv) of the lists of the handicaps allotted to horses entered, and of the acceptances of horses, for the races to be run on any day for the purpose of distribution only to the owners and trainers of such horses and to persons performing any official duties on that day, or | | |
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| (f) the printing, publication, distribution or sale at the end of each racing year by an approved racing club of the results of the race-meetings held by that club during that year, or |
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| (g) the importation by any person with the prior approval of the Minister of any book or other literature printed or published in any other country relating to the form of, and other matters connected with, racehorses in that country, or |
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| (h) the importation by an approved racing club conducting any lottery under the Lotteries Ordinance in connection with any horse-race to be run outside Ceylon, of any publication containing the entries for that race and the results of that race. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts