Act Number: 42

Act Name: The Prize Competitions Act, 1955

Year: 1955

Enactment Date: 1955-10-22

Long Title: An Act to provide for the control and regulation of prize competitions.

Ministry: Ministry of Finance

Department: Department of Financial Services

Section 4: Prohibition of prize competitions where the prize offered exceeds one thousand rupees a month.
    No person shall promote or conduct any prize competition or competitions in which the total value of the prize or prizes (whether in cash or otherwise) to be offered in any month exceeds one thousand rupees; and in every prize competition, the number of entries shall not exceed two thousand.
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