Prevent illegal gambling

North City does not allow Mahjong Club, Chess and Card Club to apply for business registration

To prevent illegal gambling, the Taipei City Department of Commerce stated today that it will not approve applications for business registration under the names of Mahjong Club and Chess Club.

The Kuomintang member of Taipei City Councillor Li Mingxian conducted a survey to the police and found that the police have uncovered 43 mahjong gambling cases since the beginning of the Republic of China. There were 7 cases before the end of February this year.

Li Mingxian said that if the industry is determined to be engaged in illegal gambling, after being investigated by the police, it is recommended that the city government should cut off water and electricity. If the circumstances are serious, the business registration should be cancelled. in accordance with.

The Commercial Office of the Beishi Municipal Government pointed out that if the public store has a mahjong name, it is not allowed to apply for business name and registration according to regulations. Since 1993, there have been no cases of mahjong club approved name registration.

The Department of Commerce stated that before November 16, 109, there were 26 businesses that registered businesses in Beishi under the names of "Chess Workshop", "Chess Club", and "Chess Card".

The Department of Commerce stated that in order to prevent people from setting up business registrations and engaging in illegal activities such as gambling through names such as "Chess Art Club", the Department of Commerce convened the police, social and legal affairs bureaus on November 16, 109 to conduct research, such as the applicant’s pre-inspection of business The name contains names such as "Chess and Card Club", "Chess Art Club", etc., and the Department of Commerce does not allow them to use this name for business registration.

According to the police, there are often gambling establishments in the name of chess and card clubs. The operators have legally applied for business registration. In fact, they operate illegal mahjong halls and exchange point cards for cash for gambling. The operators will charge tea fees, entrance fees, etc. instead of drawing The first gold, avoiding the profit-making requirements of gambling crime.

The Department of Commerce pointed out that if the 26 business registration companies named Chess Shop, Chess Club, Chess and Cards were found to be involved in illegal gambling by the police and sentenced by the court, their business registrations would be abolished in accordance with the law.

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防非法賭博 北市不准麻將社棋牌社申請商業登記

防止非法賭博，台北市商業處今天表示，不會核准以麻將社、棋牌社等名稱申請商業登記。

國民黨台北市議員李明賢向警方調資料發現，從民國108年至今，警方破獲麻將賭博案共43件，今年2月底前就有7件，業者經查獲後，會刻意變更店名規避查緝。

李明賢表示，若業者確定從事非法賭博，經警方查獲後，建議市府可斷水斷電，情節嚴重則撤銷商業登記，他會提出修訂土地使用分區管制自治條例等法規，讓相關單位執法更有依據。

北市府商業處指出，若民眾店招有麻將名稱，依規定不可申請商業名稱及登記，從民國93年至今，無麻將社核准名稱登記案件。

商業處表示，在109年11月16日以前，設址北市以「棋坊」、「棋社」、「棋牌」為名稱辦理商業登記之業者計有26家。

商業處表示，為避免民眾透過「棋藝社」等名稱設置商業登記，從事賭博等不法情事，商業處109年11月16日召集警察局、社會局、法務局研商，如申請人預查之商業名稱含有「棋牌社」、「棋藝社」等名稱，商業處不准其使用該名稱辦理商業登記。

警方表示，坊間常出現以棋牌社等為名的賭博場所，業者透過合法申請商業登記，實則經營非法麻將館，並以點數卡換現金對賭，業者會收茶水費、入場費等代替抽頭金，規避賭博罪營利要件。

商業處指出，棋坊、棋社、棋牌為名的26家商業登記業者，若業者經警方查獲涉及非法賭博，且被法院判刑，就會依法廢止商業登記。