[HISTORY: Adopted by the City Council of the City of Garfield 6-8-1954
by Ord. No. 1161 (Ch. 131 of the 1979 Code). Amendments noted
where applicable.]
This chapter is enacted for the express purpose of authorizing bona
fide veterans, charitable, educational, religious or fraternal organizations,
civic and service clubs, volunteer fire companies and first-aid or rescue
squads to hold, operate and conduct the games of chance commonly known as
"bingo" and "raffles" within the City of Garfield on Sunday in accordance
with the Bingo Licensing Law (N.J.S.A. 5:8-24 et seq.) and the Raffles Licensing
Law (N.J.S.A. 5:8-50 et seq.) and pursuant to the rules and regulations issued
or to be promulgated by the Legalized Games of Chance Control Commission in
the Department of State of the State of New Jersey.
All applications and licensee to hold, operate and conduct the games
of chance commonly known as "bingo" and "raffles" on Sunday shall be subject
to the provisions of said laws and said rules and regulations and any laws,
rules and regulations hereafter enacted, and shall be further subject to the
provisions of this chapter.
No games of chance shall be conducted under any license issued by the
City of Garfield under said laws on Sunday unless it shall specifically provide
in the license for the holding, operating and conducting thereof on said day.
No licensee authorized by law shall hold, operate or conduct any game
of chance on Sunday, at the place where the game of chance is being conducted
under any license, before 2:00 p.m. or after 11:00 p.m. (prevailing time).
No license to conduct a game of chance as authorized by law on Sunday
shall be issued to any organization not having a bona fide situs established
in good faith within the City of Garfield and actively engaged in servicing
one or more of the authorized purposes as defined by the rules and regulations
of the Legalized Games of Chance Control Commission.
[Amended 5-20-1980 by Ord. No. 1723; 4-25-2006
by Ord. No. 2457]
Any person, association or corporation who shall violate any of the
provisions of this chapter or who shall fail to comply therewith, upon conviction
thereof, shall be punished by one or more of the following: a fine not exceeding
$2,000; imprisonment for a term not exceeding 90 days; and/or a period of
community service not exceeding 90 days. Upon conviction, an organization
shall, in addition to suffering any other penalty, forfeit any license issued
to it under the laws aforesaid, and shall be ineligible to apply for a license
or licenses under said laws for a period of one year thereafter.
