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Any permit issued under the terms of this Article may be suspended for a period of 30 days by the Chief of Police if the Chief of Police determines after a noticed public hearing that violation of any provision of this Article or of any applicable building, health, zoning and fire ordinances has occurred.
(Added by Ord. 437-82, App. 9/3/82)
No permit under the terms of this Article may be sold, transferred or assigned by the licensee, or by operation of law, to any other person or persons or any legal entity; any such sale, transfer or assignment, or attempted sale, transfer or assignment, shall be deemed to constitute a voluntary surrender of such permit which thereafter shall be deemed terminated and void.
(Added by Ord. 437-82, App. 9/3/82)
The following penalties shall be imposed for violations of this Article:
(a) Any person who receives a profit, wage or salary from any poker game authorized by this Article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof such person shall be punished by a fine not to exceed $10,000, which fine shall be deposited in the general fund of the City and County of San Francisco. This section shall not apply to the fees provided for in this Article and collected by the licensed organization conducting a poker game or series of games, or to the winnings of any player of said game or games.
(b) Any person violating any provision of this Article other than set forth in Section 3221A (a) shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished for the first offense by a fine not to exceed $1000 and for the second and each additional offense committed within one year from the date of the first offense by a fine not to exceed $2000 or imprisonment in the County Jail for a period not to exceed six months.
(Added by Ord. 437-82, App. 9/3/82)
Articles 3 and 9.6 of Part II, Chapter VIII, of the San Francisco Municipal Code (Police Code) shall not apply to any poker game conducted within the territorial limits of the City and County of San Francisco pursuant to the provisions of this Article.
(Added by Ord. 437-82, App. 9/3/82)
If any section, subsection, subdivision, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase of the Article or any part thereof, is for any reason to be held unconstitutional or invalid or ineffective by any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity or effectiveness of the remaining portions of this Article or any part thereof. The Board of Supervisors hereby declares that it would have passed each section, subsection, subdivision, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase thereof irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, subdivisions, paragraphs, sentences, clauses or phrases be declared unconstitutional or invalid or ineffective.
(Added by Ord. 437-82, App. 9/3/82)