{"code":"BPC","codeName":"Business and Professions Code","section":"19846","citation":"Bus. & Prof. Code, § 19846","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 8. SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS [18400. - 22949.92.2.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/business-and-professions-code/division-8"},{"name":"CHAPTER 5. The Gambling Control Act [19800. - 19987.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/business-and-professions-code/division-8/chapter-5"},{"name":"ARTICLE 3. Regulations [19840. - 19846.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/business-and-professions-code/division-8/chapter-5/article-3"}],"history":"Amended by Stats. 2009, Ch. 233, Sec. 5.   (AB 293)   Effective January 1, 2010.","effective":"2010-01-01","html":"<p>(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law and except as provided in subdivision (b), a gambling enterprise that ejects or excludes an individual based upon Section <a href=\"/bpc/19844\">19844</a> or <a href=\"/bpc/19845\">19845</a> is not subject to civil liability for a mistake as to the grounds for ejecting or excluding a person if the ejection or exclusion was based upon a reasonable and good faith belief, after a reasonable investigation, that these sections applied to the individual in question.</p><p>(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), a gambling enterprise may not be relieved from liability for any damages arising from the means of ejection or exclusion.</p>","text":"(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law and except as provided in subdivision (b), a gambling enterprise that ejects or excludes an individual based upon Section 19844 or 19845 is not subject to civil liability for a mistake as to the grounds for ejecting or excluding a person if the ejection or exclusion was based upon a reasonable and good faith belief, after a reasonable investigation, that these sections applied to the individual in question. (b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), a gambling enterprise may not be relieved from liability for any damages arising from the means of ejection or exclusion.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/business-and-professions-code/regulations-19846","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}