(1) having direct or indirect interest in any business done with the Government Lottery Office;
(2) being a government official or employee either attached to the central administration, provincial administration, or local administration, or an official or employee of any State enterprise;
(3) holding a political position or being a member of the assembly in charge of legislative functions or local administration;
(4) being unable to devote full time to the services of the Government Lottery Office;
(5) being a bankrupt;
(6) having been imprisoned by a final judgment of imprisonment, except for an offence committed through negligence or a petty offence;
(7) being over sixty years of age.

Section 16. The Director vacates office upon:
(1) death;
(2) resignation;
(3) being prohibited under section 15; or
(4) being removed from office by the Committee with the approval of the Council of Ministers.

Section 17. The Director is charged with the administration of the activities in accordance with the objectives, rules and regulations of the Government Lottery Office and has the power to control and supervise officers and employees.

Section 18. The Director has the power:
(1) to recruit, appoint, increase salaries for or impose disciplinary punishment on officers and employees as well as to remove them from office; provided that in the case where such officer or employee is of the rank of chief of a Division or equivalent thereto upward, an approval must be obtained from the Committee;
(2) to prescribe rules and methods of execution of works for officers and employees; provided that they shall not be contrary to or inconsistent with the rules and regulations of the Government Lottery Office.

Section 19. In activities dealing with third persons, the Director shall have the power to act on behalf of the Government Lottery Office, but the Director may authorize any person to conduct any specific act on his behalf.

In respect of the authorization under paragraph one, if the person so authorized is not an officer, an approval must be obtained from the Committee.

Section 20. Whenever the Director is unable to perform his duties or his office is vacant and the Director has not yet been appointed, the Committee shall appoint an officer to be acting Director or to be in charge of Director, as the case may be, and section 15 shall apply mutatis mutandis.

The acting Director or person in charge of Director shall have the same powers and duties as the Director, except those powers and duties of the Director in the capacity of member of the Committee.

Section 21. The Chairman, members of the Committee, officers and employees may receive bonus according to the rules prescribed by the Council of Ministers.

CHAPTER III
Finance, Accounting and Auditing
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Section 22. The proceeds received by the Government Lottery Office from the sale of government lottery tickets shall be allocated as follows:
(1) sixty per cent as prizes;
(2) not less than twenty-eight per cent as State revenue;
(3) not exceeding twelve per cent as expenditure on administration inclusive of the expenses in respect of the sale of government lottery tickets.

Section 23. The proceeds received by the Government Lottery Office other than those received under section 22 shall be appropriated as expenditure on administration.

Section 24. Fruits arising from the money under section 22 (1) and (2) shall be remitted as State revenue while fruits arising from the money under section 22 (3) shall be allocated for expenditure on administration.

Section 25. The expenses in respect of the sale of government lottery tickets which are part of the expenditure on administration under section 22 (3) shall be prescribed by the Committee with the approval of the Minister.

Section 26. In respect of money allocated for payment of the prizes under section 22 (1), if the person entitled to claim the prizes does not apply for them within the period prescribed under section 37, it shall be remitted as State revenue.

Section 27. The remainder of expenditure on administration under section 22 (3), section 23 and section 24, if any, shall be set aside each year by the Government Lottery Office as reserve not exceeding fifty per cent, and the balance thereof shall be remitted as State revenue.

Whenever the Minister considers that the money set aside as reserve under paragraph one is an excessive amount or beyond what is necessary, the Minister himself or with the advice of the Committee has the power to give an order reducing such reserve to an amount as he may deem appropriate. In such a case, the Government Lottery Office shall remit the money in excess of the amount prescribed by the Minister as State revenue.

Section 28. The Government Lottery Office shall open a deposit account with a bank which is State enterprise.

Section 29. The Government Lottery Office shall prepare an annual budget classified into annual revenue and expenditure on operation.

The expenditure on operation shall be divided into capital expenditure and working expenditure. The capital expenditure shall be submitted to the Council of Ministers for consideration and approval, while the working expenditure shall be submitted to the Council of Ministers for information.

Section 30. The Government Lottery Office shall set up and maintain an appropriate system of accounts. There shall be entries of receipts and payments of money, assets and liabilities, which show the true and appropriate standing with respect to categories of such money together with the sources of particulars for the said entries, and are subjected to internal audit at regular intervals.

Section 31. The Government Lottery Office shall prepare and submit a balance-sheet and receipts and expenditure accounts to the auditor within one hundred and twenty days after the end of the accounting year.

Section 32. The State Audit Council shall audit, examine and approve all categories of accounts and finance of the Government Lottery Office.

Section 33. The auditor has the power and duties to examine all books of accounts and documents of the Government Lottery Office. For this purpose, he shall have the power to interrogate the Chairman, members of the
Committee, officers and employees of the Government Lottery Office.

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