Oklahoma Statutes (Last Updated: September 18, 2014)

§ 21-946. Illegal use of building - Nuisance - Penalty.

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Any house, room or place where any of the games prohibited by Section 941 of this title are opened, conducted or carried on, or where persons congregate to play at any such games is a public nuisance and the keepers and managers of any such nuisance, and persons aiding or assisting any such keepers or managers in keeping or managing any such nuisance shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine of not less than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) nor more than Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) or by imprisonment in the State Penitentiary for a term of not less than one (1) year nor more than ten (10) years.

Added by Laws 1916, c. 26, p. 57, § 6, emerg. eff. Jan. 29, 1916. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 133, § 267, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 5, § 171, eff. July 1, 1999.

Note

NOTE: Laws 1998, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 2, § 23 amended the effective date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 267 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.

                    
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