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Start Free TrialKarnataka 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.
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionPublic Gambling Act 1867 Section 6
Title: Finding Cards, Etc., in Suspected Houses, to Be Evidence That Such Houses Are Common Gaming-houses
State: Central
Year: 1867
When any cards, dice, gaming-tables, cloths, boards or other instruments of gaming are found in any house, walled enclosure, room or place entered or searched under the provisions of the last preceding section, or about the person of any of those who are found therein, it shall be evidence, until the contrary is made to appear, that such house, walled enclosure, room or place, is used as a common gaming-house, and that the persons found therein were there present for the purpose of gaming, although no play was actually seen by the Magistrate or police officer, or any of his assistants.
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionKarnataka Police Act, 1963 Section 80
Title: Gaming in Common Gaming-house, Etc
State: Karnataka
Year: 1963
Whoever is found in any common gaming-house gaming or present for the purpose of gaming shall, on conviction, be punished with imprisonment which may extend to one year and with fine: Provided that,-- (a) for a first offence such imprisonment shall not be less than one month and fine shall not be less than two hundred rupees; (b) for a second offence such imprisonment shall not be less three months and fine shall not be less than two hundred rupees; and (c) for a third or subsequent offence such imprisonment shall not be less than six months and fine shall not be less than five hundred rupees.
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionKarnataka Police Act, 1963 Section 79
Title: Keeping Common Gaming House, Etc
State: Karnataka
Year: 1963
Any person who,-- (a) opens, keeps or uses any building, room, tent, enclosure, vehicle, vessel, or place for the purpose of a common gaming-house; (b) being the owner or occupier of any such building, room, tent, enclosure, vehicle, vessel, or place knowingly or wilfully permits the same to be opened, occupied, kept or used by any other person for the purpose aforesaid; (c) has the care or management of, or in any manner assists in conducting the business of, any such building, room, tent, enclosure, vehicle, vessel, or place opened, occupied, kept or used for the purpose aforesaid; or (d) advances or furnishes money for the purpose of gaming with persons frequenting any such building, room, tent, enclosure, vehicle, vessel, or place, shall, on conviction, be punished with imprisonment which may extend to one year and with fine: Provided that,-- (a) for a first offence, such imprisonment shall not be less than three months and fine shall not be less than five hundred rupees; (b) for a second offence, such imprisonment shall not be less than six months and fine shall not be less than five hundred rupees; and (c) for a third or subsequent offence, such imprisonme
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionKarnataka Police Act, 1963 Section 81
Title: Entry, Search, Etc., by Police Officers in Gaming-house
State: Karnataka
Year: 1963
.....or place, which he has reason to suspect is used as a common gaming-house or for the purpose of gaming on any of the objects referred to in sub-section (1) of section 78; (b) to search all parts of the building, room, tent, enclosure, vehicle, vessel or place which he shall have so entered, when he shall have reason to suspect that any instruments of gaming are concealed therein, and also the persons whom he shall find therein, whether such persons are then actually gaming or not; (c) to take into custody and bring before a Magistrate all such persons; (d) to seize all instruments of gaming and all moneys and securities for money and articles of value which are reasonably suspected to have been used or intended to be used for the purpose of gaming, and which are found therein: Provided that no officer shall be authorised by special warrant unless the Commissioner or Deputy Commissioner or Assistant Commissioner of Police or Magistrate or Superintendent, Assistant or Deputy Superintendent of Police concerned is satisfied, upon 1 [a written complaint or report made to him] and upon making such inquiry as he may think necessary, that there are good grounds to suspect.....
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionBombay Prevention of Gambling Act, 1887, (Maharashtra) Section 5
Title: Gaming in Common Gaming
State: Maharashtra
Year: 1887
.....a third or subsequent offence such imprisonment shall not be less than six months and fine shall not be less than two hundred rupees.] Any person found in any common gaming-house during any gaming 5* * therein shall be presumed, until the contrary 6[ is proved ], to have been there for the purpose of gaming. _____________ 1 This paragraph was substituted by s. 3 of the Bombay Prevention of Gambling (Amendment) Act, 1919 (Bom. 6 of 1919). 2 This portion was substituted by Bom. 37 of 1947, s. 4. 3 These words were substituted for the words " shall on conviction, be punishable " by Mah. 28 of 1967, s. 3. 4 These words were substituted for the words " and with fine ", ibid. 5 The words "or playing" were repealed by s. 3 of the Bombay Prevention of Gambling (Amendment) Act, 1919 (Bom. 6 of 1919). 6 The words " is proved " were substituted for the words " be made to appear " by Bom. 1 of 1936, s. 4 (3).
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionBombay Prevention of Gambling Act, 1887, (Maharashtra) Section 7
Title: Presumptive Proof of Keeping or Gaming in Common Gaming
State: Maharashtra
Year: 1887
1[When any instrument of gaming has been seized in any house, room or place entered under section 6 or about the person of any one found therein, and in the case of any other things so seized if the court is satisfied that the Police officer who entered such house, room or place had resonable grounds for suspecting that the things so seized was an instrument of gaming, the seizure of such instrument or thing shall be evidence, until the contrary is proved, that such house, room or place is used as a common gaming-house and the person found therein were then present for the purpose of gaming, although no gaming was actually seen by the Magistrate or the Police officer or by any person acting under the authority of either of them:] 2[Provided that the aforesaid presumption shall be made, notwithstanding any defect in the warrant or order in pursuance of which the house, room or place was entered under section 6, if the Court considers the defect not to be a material one.] _______________________ 1 Section 7 was substituted for the original section by Bom. 1 of 1936, s. 6. 2 This proviso was added by Bom. 14 of 1959, s. 3 (f).
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionPublic Gambling Act 1867 Section 3
Title: Penalty for Owning or Keeping, or Having Charge of a Gaming-house
State: Central
Year: 1867
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.
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionBombay Prevention of Gambling Act, 1887, (Maharashtra) Section 4
Title: Keeping Common Gaming
State: Maharashtra
Year: 1887
.....] 9["(2) Nothing contained in the provisions of the Probation of Offenders Act, 1958 (XX of 1958.), or in sub-sections (1), (4), (5) and (6) of section 360 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973(2 of 1974.), shall apply to any person convicted under this section."] __________________ 1 Section 4 was renumbered as sub-section (1) of that section and these words were substituted for the words " which may extend to six months ", ibid, s. 3 (i) 2 These words were substituted by Bom. 2 of 1941, s. 3, read with Bom. 37 of 1947, s. 2. 3 This portion was substituted by Bom. 37 of 1947, s. 3. 4 These words were substituted for the words " shall, on conviction, be punishable " by Mah. 28 of 1967, s. 2. 5 These words were substituted for the words " and with fine ", ibid. 6 These words were substituted for the words " one months and fine shall not be less than two hundered rupees " by Mah. 29 of 1975, s. 3 (ii) (a). 7 The words were substituted for the words " three months and fine shall not be less than two hundred rupees " by Mah. 20 of 1975, s. 3 (i) (b). 8 These words were substituted for the words " six months and fine shall not be less than two hundred rupees,.....
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionPublic Gambling Act 1867 Section 4
Title: Penalty for Being Found in Gaming-house
State: Central
Year: 1867
Whoever is found in any such house, walled enclosure, room or place, playing or gaming with cards, dice, counters, money or other instruments of gaming, or is found there present for the purpose of gaming, whether playing for any money, wager, stake or otherwise, shall be liable to a fine not exceeding one hundred rupees, or to imprisonment of either description, as defined in the Indian Penal Code, for any term not exceeding one month, and any person found in any common gaming-house during any gaming or playing therein shall be presumed, until the contrary be proved, to have been there for the purpose of gaming.
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