In force: 2022-09-01
17. The board may refuse to issue a licence if an applicant or one of the applicant’s officers, directors or employees who has access to the electronic schemes has been found guilty of or has pleaded guilty to(1) an offence against the Act respecting lotteries, publicity contests and amusement machines (chapter L-6) or a lottery scheme regulation or rules made under the Act, within the last 3 years; (2) an offence punishable on summary conviction directly related to the activities authorized by the licence, within the last 3 years; or
(3) an indictable offence directly related to the activities authorized by the licence, within the last 5 years.
A licence application may also be refused if an applicant or one of the applicant’s officers or directors resorted to the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act (R.S.C. 1985, c. B-3) or the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act (R.S.C. 1985, c. C-36) within less than 5 years.
1475-2022O.C. 1475-2022, s. 17.