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Karnataka Police Act, 1963 Chapter VII

Title: Prevention of Gaming

State: Karnataka

Year: 1963

.....police officer may arrest and search without warrant, any person gaming or reasonably suspected to be gaming in contravention of sub-section (3) of section 78 or section 87. Section 89 - Assembling in streets for gaming Whoever,-- (i) assembles with others in a street gathered for the purpose of gaming or; (ii) joins any such assembly for the purpose of gaming; shall, on conviction, be punished with fine which may extend to fifty rupees. Section 90 - Printing, publishing or distributing any news or information (1) No person shall print, publish, sell, distribute or in any manner circulate any newspaper, news-sheet or other document or any news or information with the intention of aiding or facilitating gaming. (2) Any person who contravenes the provisions of sub-section (1) shall, on conviction, be punished with imprisonment which may extend to six months and with fine. (3) Any Police Officer may enter and search any place for the purpose of seizing, and may seize all things reasonably suspected to be used or to be intended to be used, for the purpose of committing an offence under this section. (4) Any Police Officer may arrest without warrant any person who.....

The Pondicherry Gaming Act, 1965 Complete Act

State: Pondicherry

Year: 1965

THE PONDICHERRY GAMING ACT, 1965 THE PONDICHERRY GAMING ACT, 1965 (No. 15 of 1965) ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS SECTION 1. Short title, extend and commencement. 2. Definitions. 3. Penalty for opening etc., of any house etc., for certain forms of gaming. 4. Power to grant warrant to enter a common gaming-house. 5. Cards, dice, etc., found in search under last section to be evidence that place is a common gamming-house. 6. Proof of playing for stakes unnecessary. 7. Penalty for opening etc., a common gaming-house. 8. Penalty for being found gaming in a common gaming-house. 9. Instruments of gaming may be ordered to be destroyed on conviction. 10. Saving of games of skill. 11. Payment of portion of fine to informants and Police officers. 12. Penalty for gaming in public street etc. 13. Assembling in streets for gaming. 14. Printing, publishing or distributing any news or information. 15. Police may arrest without warrant in view of offence. 16. Repeal. THE PONDICHERRY GAMING ACT, 1965 (Act No. 15 of 1965) 27th October, 1965 An Act to provide for the punishment of gaming and the keeping of common gaming-house in the Union territory.....

The Tamil Nadu Gaming Act, 1930 Complete Act

State: Tamil Nadu

Year: 1930

.....place it is not necessary that it should be a public property. If it is a private one, it must be proved that the public have access to it and in fact they resort to it - (1950) 1 MLJ 561. The original section 13 by Section 8, ibid [ 13. Offences under the Act to be cognizable " Notwithstanding anything contained in the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (Central Act 2 of 1974), all offences punishable under this Act shall be cognizable. 13-A. Indemnification of witness " Any person who shall have been concerned in gaming contrary to this Act, and who shall be examined as a witness before a Judicial Magistrate on the trial of any person for a breach of any of the provisions of this Act relating to gaming, and who upon such examination shall make true and faithful discovery to the best of his knowledge of all things as to which he shall be so examined, and who shall thereupon receive from the said Magistrate a certificate in writing to that effect, shall be free from all prosecutions under this Act for anything done before that time in respect of such gaming.] 14. Repeal " Clause (10) and the last paragraph of Section 3 and Section 6,7 and 9 of the Town Nuisance Act.....

The Sikkim Electronic Entertainment Games (Control & Tax) Act, 2002 Complete Act

State: Sikkim

Year: 2002

THE SIKKIM ELECTRONIC ENTERTAINMENT GAMES (CONTROL & TAX) ACT, 2002 THE SIKKIM ELECTRONIC ENTERTAINMENT GAMES (CONTROL & TAX) ACT, 2002 ACT NO. 4 OF 2002 AN ACT to provide for the control and regulation of Electronic Entertainment Games, and to impose a tax on Electronic Entertainment Games, in the State of Sikkim. WHEREAS it is expedient to provide for the control and regulation of Electronic Entertainment Games, and to impose a tax on Electronic Entertainment Games, in the State of Sikkim, it is hereby enacted in the Fifty-Third Year of the Republic of India as follows :- Short title, extent and commencement. 1. (1) This Act may be called the Sikkim Electronic Entertainment Games (Control and Tax ) Act, 2002. (2) It extends to the whole of the State of Sikkim. (3) It shall come into force on such date as the State Government may be notification in the Official Gazette appoint. Definitions. 2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,- (a) "Electronic Entertainment Centre" means a public place which provides or is used or is intended to be used for playing, organizing or exhibiting Electronic Entertainment Games; (b) "Electronic Entertainment.....

Bombay Prevention of Gambling Act, 1887, (Maharashtra) Section 3

Title: " Gaming " Defined

State: Maharashtra

Year: 1887

.....which the licensee of the race-course, on which such race is to be run, has set apart for the purpose under the terms of the licence issued under section 4 of the Bombay Race-Courses Licensing Act, 1912(Bom. III of 1912)3, 4[or as the case may be, of the Maharashtra Dog Race-Courses Licensing Act, 1976 (Mah. XX-XIII of 1976.)] in respect of such race-course 5[or in any other place approved by the State Government in this behalf,] and 6[(c) between any individual in person, being present in the enclosure 7[ or approved place ] on the one hand,, and such licensee or other person licensed by such licensee in terms of the aforesaid licence on the other hand 8[ or between any number of individuals in person in such manner and by such contrivance as may be permitted by such licence; but does not include a lottery. Any transaction by which a person in any capacity whatever employs another in any capacity whatever or engages for another in any capacity whatever to wager or bet whether with such licensee or with any other person shall be deemed to be " gaming ": Provided, nevertheless, that such licensee may employ servants, and persons may accept service with such licensee, or.....

The Kerala Gaming (Amendment) Act, 2005 [1] Complete Act

State: Kerala

Year: 2005

.....lottery have been produced may order the release of all or any of such instruments of gaming to the custody of such person who proves to the satisfaction of the Magistrate to be the owner of the same and upon furnishing cash security equivalent to its market value and upon a bond that it would be produced before such Magistrate at any time required for any purpose and further that it would not be used for the same purpose for which it was seized, but on conviction, the cash securities furnished shall be forfeited to Government."; 11.Amendment of Section 19."In the principal Act in section 19, the following proviso shall be inserted, namely:- "Provided that offences relating to gambling in on-line lottery shall not only be congnizable but also non bailable."; 12Insertion of new Section 19A.-In the principal Act, after section 19, the following section shall be inserted, namely:- "19A. Offences to be tried summarily ."All offences under this Act shall be tried summarily by Judicial Magistrate of the First Class specially empowered in this behalf by the Government and the provision of section 262, 263, 264 and 265 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (Central Act 2 of 1974).....

Bombay Prevention of Gambling Act, 1887, (Maharashtra) Section 12

Title: Power to Arrest Without Warrant for Gaming and Setting Birds and Animals to Fight in Public Streets

State: Maharashtra

Year: 1887

..... 4 These words were substituted for the words " place or thoroughfare" by Schedule 1, Part-II, Serial No. 14 of the Bombay Repealing and Amending Act, 1910 (Bom. 1 of 1910). 5 These words were added by s. 4 of the Bombay Prevention of Gambling (Amendment) Act, 1922 (Bom. 5 of 1922). 6 These words were substituted for the words " be punishable with fine which may extend to three hundred rupees, or with imprisonment" by Mah. 20 of 1975, s.4. 7 The words " three months" were substituted for the words " one month" by Bom. 1 of 1966, s. 9 (5). 8 These words were added by s. 4 of the Bombay Prevention of Gambling (Amendment) Act, 1922 (Bom. 5 of 1922). 9 The word "punishable" was substituted for the word "punished" by Bom. 1 of 1936, s. 9 (3). 10 These words were substituted for the words "instruments of gaming", ibid, s. 9 (6). 11 These words were substituted for the words "place or thoroughfare" by Schedule I, Part II, Serial No. 14 of the Bombay Repealing and Amending Act, 1910 (Bora. 1 of 1910). 12 These words were substituted for the words " or place " by s. 4 of the Bombay Prevention of Gambling (Amendment) Act, 1922 (Bom. 6 of 1922). 13 The words "or about".....

Karnataka Police Act, 1963 Section 78

Title: Opening, Etc., of Certain Forms of Gaming

State: Karnataka

Year: 1963

.....shall be imprisonment for not less than one month or fine of not less than five hundred rupees or both. (2) Whoever is found in any building, room, tent, enclosure, vehicle, vessel or place referred to in sub-section (1), gaming on any of the objects specified in that sub-section, or present, for the purpose of gaming on any such object shall, on conviction, be punished with imprisonment which may extend to one month or with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees or with both. Any person found in any such building, room, tent, enclosure, vehicle, vessel or place during any gaming therein on any of the objects specified in sub-section (1) shall be presumed, until the contrary is proved, to have been there for the purpose of gaming on such object. (3) Whoever is found gaming on any of the objects specified in sub-section (1) in any public street or thoroughfare or in any place to which the public have or are permitted to have access shall, on conviction be punished with imprisonment which may extend to three months or with fine which may extend to three hundred rupees, or with both.

Karnataka Police Act, 1963 Section 82

Title: Presumptive Proof of Keeping or Gaming in Common Gaming-house

State: Karnataka

Year: 1963

(1) When any instrument of gaming has been seized in any building, room, tent, enclosure, vehicle, vessel or place entered or searched under section 81 or on a person found therein, and in the case of any other thing so seized, if the court is satisfied that the police officer who entered such building, room, tent, or place, enclosure, vehicle, vessel, had reasonable grounds for suspecting that the thing so seized was an instrument of gaming, the seizure of such instrument or thing shall be evidence, until the contrary is proved, that such building, room, tent, enclosure, vehicle, vessel or place is used as a common gaming-house and the persons found therein were then present for the purpose of gaming, although no gaming was actually seen by the police officer or by any person acting under the authority of either of them. (2) Any person found in any common gaming-house during any gaming therein shall be presumed until the contrary is proved, to have been there for the purpose of gaming.

Karnataka Police Act, 1963 Section 87

Title: Gaming in Public Streets.

State: Karnataka

Year: 1963

.....which may extend to three hundred rupees, or with both and where such gaming consists of wagering or betting, any such person so found gaming shall, on conviction, be punishable in the manner and to the extent referred to in section 80 and all moneys found on such person shall be forfeited to the Government. 1[Any] police officer may seize all things reasonably suspected to be instruments of gaming found in such public street, thoroughfare, place or race-course or on or about the person of those whom he shall so arrest, and the Magistrate may, on conviction of the offender, order such instruments to be forthwith destroyed. When anything has been found on or about any person and a court is satisfied that the police officer had reasonable grounds for suspecting that such thing was an instrument of gaming, such circumstance shall, until the contrary is proved, be evidence that such thing was an instrument of gaming and that the person on or about whom the thing was found was present for the purpose of gaming. _______________________________ 1. Substituted by Act 18 of 1975 w.e.f 15.5.1975