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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Public Gambling Act 1867 Section 8

On Conviction for Keeping a Gaming-house, Instruments of Gaming to Be Destroyed

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Public Gambling Act 1867 Section 8 is part of Public Gambling Act 1867 - On Conviction for Keeping a Gaming-house, Instruments of Gaming to Be Destroyed. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

On conviction of any person for keeping or using any such common gaming-house, or being present therein for the purpose of gaming, the convicting Magistrate may order all the instruments of gaming found therein to be destroyed, and may also order all or any of the securities for money and other articles seized, not being instruments of gaming to be sold and converted into money, and the proceeds thereof with all moneys seized therein to be forfeited or, in his discretion, may order any part thereof to be returned to the persons appearing to have been severally thereunto entitled.

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What does Public Gambling Act 1867 Section 8 provide?

Section Section 8 of the Public Gambling Act 1867 (On Conviction for Keeping a Gaming-house, Instruments of Gaming to Be Destroyed) 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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