5:8-79. Supervision of administration of Amusement Games Licensing Law; rules and regulations

The said commissioner shall supervise the administration of the Amusement Games Licensing Law and he shall from time to time make and promulgate rules and regulations governing licenses issued pursuant to said law, and the holding, operating and conducting of amusement games under such licenses. The said rules and regulations shall have the force of law and shall be binding upon all municipalities issuing such licenses and upon all licensees thereunder. The purpose of the said rules and regulations shall be to insure the issuance of such licenses to qualified licensees only and to provide that the amusement games shall be fairly and properly conducted in accordance with said law and to provide uniformity in the administration of said law throughout the State. The commissioner shall prescribe forms for applications for licenses, amendments of licenses, reports of the conduct of games and other matters incidental to the administration of said law.

The said rules and regulations shall also provide for applications to, and certifications by, the commissioner with respect to the specific kind of game or games intended to be held, operated and conducted, and the rules for the playing of the game or games and that they are of the character permitted by the Amusement Games Licensing Law. Whenever the commissioner shall deem it to be necessary, the said certifications may impose a limit or limits on the number of prizes or the number of specific kinds of games which may be held, operated or conducted by any 1 licensee, directly or indirectly, or in which such licensee or other person having an interest therein may have an interest, and also for such other controls as the commissioner shall deem to be suitable and proper, particularly such as shall be ascertained from the experience of operations under said law and this act. The said certifications shall also be designed to prevent monopoly, undue or unfair competition among licensees or with operations conducted pursuant to the Bingo Licensing Law (P.L.1954, c. 6) or the Raffles Licensing Law (P.L.1954, c. 5), and to prevent false, misleading or uninformative representations or concealment and to restrict excessive advertising or other acts, conduct or behavior which may tend to a misuse of the activities permitted by the Amusement Games Licensing Law or the participation in the benefits of the carrying on of activities thereunder, directly or indirectly, by or for the benefit of any person or persons not eligible to receive licenses thereunder.

The said rules and regulations may also provide for and establish procedures, forms and other documents in connection with the application for, and the issuance of, licenses, determinations thereon, hearings, appeals, grants, refunds, suspensions or revocations of licenses, reports, questionnaires, and any other matters connected with the exercise of any power vested in said commissioner by law.

L.1959, c. 108, p. 500, s. 2.