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Section 2
The Uttar Pradesh Unauthorised Lottery (Prevention) Act, 1995Uttar Pradesh

Section 2. Definition

In this Act-

(a) 'Director' means the Director of Uttar Pradesh State Lotteries appointed as such by the State Government;

(b) 'Lottery' means a scheme for distribution of prizes by lot or chance to persons participating in the chance of a prize by purchasing ticket but does not include a State Lottery or a prize competition;

(c) 'money' includes a cheque or any other negotiable,instrument, a postal order, or a money order;

(d) 'prize competition' means a prize competition within the meaning of the prize competitions Act, 1955,

. (e) 'state Lottery' means a lottery Organised and conducted by the Government of India or the government of any state or of a Union Territory specified in the first schedule to the Constitution of India ,.

(f) 'ticket' includes, any document evidencing the claim of a person to participate in the chances of a lottery but does not include any cash memo issued to a purchaser of commodities for payment in cash of the prize of such commodities.