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The Prevention of Black Marketing & Maintenance of Supplies of Essential Commodities Act, 1980 Complete Act

State: Meghalaya

Year: 1980

.....OF SUPPLIES OF ESSENTIAL COMMODITIES ACT, 1980 THE PREVENTION OF BLACK MARKETING & MAINTENANCE OF SUPPLIES OF ESSENTIAL COMMODITIES ACT, 1980 An Act to provide for detention in certain cases for the purpose of prevention of Black-marketing and maintenance of supplies of commodities essential to the community and for matters connected therewith. Be it enacted by parliament in the Thirty-first Year of the Republic of India as follows: 1. Short title, extent and commencement: (1) This Act may be called the Prevention of Black-marketing and Maintenance of Supplies of Essential Commodities Act, 1980. (2) It extends to the whole of India except the State of Jammu and Kashmir. (3) It shall be deemed to have come into force on the 5th day of October, 1979. 2. Definitions: In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, (a) "appropriate Government" means, as respects a detention order made by the Central Government or by an officer of the Central Government or a person detained under such order, the Central Government, and as respects a detention order made by a State Government or by an officer of a State Government or as respects a person detained.....

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

.....Madras Gaming Amendment) Act, 1946 (Madras Act IV of 1946), re-enacted permanently by Section 2 of and the First Schedule to, the Tamil Nadu Re-enacting (No.II) Act, 1948 (Tamil Nadu Act VIII of 1948), Section 3 of the Madras City Police and Gaming (Amendment) Act, 1955 (Tamil Nadu Act XVI of 1955) was extended to the added territories by section 10 of the Tamil Nadu (Added Territories) Extension of Laws (No.2) Act, 1961 (Tamil Nadu Act 39 of 1961) 4. Penalty for opening etc., for certain forms of gaming. " (1) Whoever " (a) being the owner or occupier or having the use of any house, room, tent, enclosure, vehicle, vessel or place, opens, keeps or uses the same for the purpose of gaming " (i) on a horse-race, or (ii)on the market price of cotton, bullion or other commodity or on the digits of the number used in stating such price, or (iii) on the amount or variation in the market price of any such commodity or on the digits of the number used in stating the amount of such variation, or (iv) on the market price of any stock or share or on the digits of the number used in stating such price, or (v) on the number of registration or on the digits of the number of.....

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

.....in common gaming houses; (f) ˜paper lottery' means, any lottery other than on-line lottery." 3.Amendment of Section 3."In the principal Act, in section 3,-- in sub-clause (vi) of clause (a) after the words "on chance or", the words "on a system of gambling in on-line lottery" shall be added; in the proviso, after the words "an offence under this section", the words "other than an offence relating to gambling in on-line lottery" shall be inserted; after the existing proviso, the following proviso shall be inserted, namely:- "Provided further that if the offence relating to gambling by means of on-line lotteries shall be liable on conviction be punishable with imprisonment which may extend to three years or with fine which may extend to fifty thousand rupees or with both."; 4.Amendment of Section 4.-In the principal Act, in section 4 after sub-section 2 the following sub-section shall be inserted, namely:- "(3) Whoever commits any offence relating to gambling by means of on-line lotteries shall on conviction be punishable with imprisonment which may extend to one year or with a fine which may extend to twenty five thousand rupees or with both."; 5.Amendment.....

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.