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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Public Gambling Act 1867 Section 3

Penalty for Owning or Keeping, or Having Charge of a Gaming-house

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Public Gambling Act 1867 Section 3 is part of Public Gambling Act 1867 - Penalty for Owning or Keeping, or Having Charge of a Gaming-house. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

Whoever, being the owner or occupier, or having the use, of any house, walled enclosure, room or place situate within the limits to which this Act applies, opens, keeps or uses the same as a common gaming-house; and

whoever, being the owner or occupier of any such house, walled enclosure, room or place as aforesaid, knowingly or wilfully permits the same to be opened, occupied, used or kept by any other person as a common gaming-house; and

whoever has the care or management of, or in any manner assists in conducting, the business of any house, walled enclosure, room or place as aforesaid, opened, occupied, used or kept for the purpose aforesaid; and

whoever advances or furnishes money for the purpose of gaming with persons frequenting such house, walled enclosure, room or place;

shall be liable to fine not exceeding two-hundred rupees, or to imprisonment of either description, as defined in the Indian Penal Code, for any term not exceeding three months.

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What does Public Gambling Act 1867 Section 3 provide?

Section Section 3 of the Public Gambling Act 1867 (Penalty for Owning or Keeping, or Having Charge of a Gaming-house) is reproduced on this page as part of the Public Gambling Act 1867. Lawyers and researchers use it to read the statutory wording before checking how courts have applied this section in reported judgments.

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