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Public 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.

Public Gambling Act, 1867 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1867

.....in force in Oudh the Central Provinces and the Punjab, and they have been found to work satisfactorily. It is obviously desirable to convert these rules into express legislative enactment, and this Bill, if it becomes law, will effect that object. A similar Act has recently been passed by the Governor of Bombay in Council. Under the present Bill, house will only be searched by an Officer of Police not below the rank of Inspector, and under the authority of a warrant from a Magistrate with full powers."-Gaz. of India, 1866, p. 978. An Act to provide for the punishment of public gambling and the keeping of common gaming- house in the 2United Provinces, East Punjab, Delhi]3[and the Central Provinces]. Preamble WHEREAS it is expedient to make provision for the punishment of public gambling and the keeping of common gaming-houses [in the United Provinces, East Punjab, Delhi and the Central Provinces]; It is hereby enacted as follows :- STATE AMENDMENT Himachal Pradesh: In the Preamble, after the words 'Central Provinces' insert the words 'and Himachal Pradesh'. H. P. A.L.O., 1948, C1.3and Sch., Item 2 (25-12-1948). SECTION 01: INTERPRETATION CLAUSE In this Act - 5[* * * *] "Common.....

The Bombay District Police Act, 1867 Complete Act

State: Maharashtra

Year: 1867

.....or to passengers; or Who, without sufficient cause, wilfully allows any offensive matter to issue on to any public thoroughfare from any house, factory, stable, privy or the like ; or Who deposits the bodies of dead animals, or refuse or filth of any description either in channels which in the rainy season feed any tank or reservoir set apart for drinking, or in other places where to deposit such is offensive to the community ; or Who, in disregard of established rules or the order of a Magistrate, stacks or stores grass or other inflammable material within fifty yards of a dwelling-house, out-house or other buildings ; or fails to remove the same when so stacked or stored ; or Who disobeys the order of a Magistrate given in respect to land in or near towns, villages or dwelling-places, or in or near public roads and thoroughfares, for the pruning, of hedges, or removal of overgrown prickly-pear or other vegetation, the unchecked growth of which is likely to be injurious to health; shall be punishable for every such offence, on conviction before a Magistrate, to the extent of fifty rupees fine, or, in default of payment, to imprisonment not exceeding eight days: .....

Sarais Act, 1867 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1867

.....apply to any Sarai which may be under the direct management of the7[State Government] or of any Municipal Committee. SECTION 17: EXTENT OF ACT This Act shall in the first instance extend only to the territories under the Government of the Lieutenant-Governor of the North-Western Provinces of the Presidency of Fort William in Bengal. Power to State Government to extend this Act. But it shall be lawful for the 9[State Government], by notification in the10[official Gazette] to extend this Act, mutatis mutandis, to any other part of11[the territories under its Government], except; the towns of Calcutta, Madras and bombay12[* * *]. SECTION 18: SHORT TITLE This Act may be called The Sarais Act. 1867. SCHEDULE 1 FORM OF NOTICE Take notice that on the day of 1867, an Act called the Sarais Act, 1867, was passed, and that, before the day of 18 , you, being keeper of a Sarai [or purao] within there state the district over which the jurisdiction of the Magistrate giving the notice extends], must have your sarai [or purao] registered, and that the register is to be kept at [here state where the register is to be kept) and that, if you do not have your sarai [or purao] so.....

Bombay District Police Act, 1867 Complete Act

State: Maharashtra

Year: 1867

.....or to passengers; or Who, without sufficient cause, wilfully allows any offensive matter to issue on to any public thoroughfare from any house, factory, stable, privy or the like ; or Who deposits the bodies of dead animals, or refuse or filth of any description either in channels which in the rainy season feed any tank or reservoir set apart for drinking, or in other places where to deposit such is offensive to the community ; or Who, in disregard of established rules or the order of a Magistrate, stacks or stores grass or other inflammable material within fifty yards of a dwelling-house, outhouse or other buildings ; or fails to remove the same when so stacked or stored ; or Who disobeys the order of a Magistrate given in respect to land in or near towns, villages or dwelling-places, or in or near public roads and thoroughfares, for the pruning, of hedges, or removal of overgrown prickly pear or other vegetation, the unchecked growth of which is likely to be injurious to health; shall be punishable for every such offence, on conviction before a Magistrate, to the extent of fifty rupees fine, or, in default of payment, to imprisonment not exceeding eight days: Provided.....

Public 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.

Public Gambling Act 1867 Section 9

Title: Proof of Playing for Stakes Unnecessary

State: Central

Year: 1867

It shall not be necessary, in order to convict any person of keeping a common gaming-house, or of being concerned in the management of any common gaming-house, to prove that any person found playing at any game was playing for any money, wager or stake.

Public Gambling Act 1867 Section 1

Title: Interpretation Clause

State: Central

Year: 1867

In this Act- 1[* * * *] "Common gaming-house." "Common gaming-house" means any house, walled enclosure, room or place in which cards, dice, tables or other instruments of gaming are kept or used for the profit or gain of the person owning, occupying, using or keeping such house, enclosure, room or place, whether by way of charge for the use of the instruments of gaming or of the house, enclosure, room or place, or otherwise howsoever: 2[* * * *] __________________________ 1. Substituted for "in the territories, respectively, subject to the Governments of the Lieutenant-Governor of the North-Western Provinces of the Presidency of Fort William and of the Lieutenant-Governor of the Punjab, and to the administrations of the Chief Commissioner of Oudh, and of the Chief Commissioner of the Central Provinces", by A.C.A.O., 1948 (23-3-1948). 2. Definitions of "Lieutenant-Governor" and "Chief Commissioner" were omitted by A. O., 1937 (1-4-1937).

Public Gambling Act 1867 Preamble 1

Title: Public Gambling Act, 1867

State: Central

Year: 1867

THE PUBLIC GAMBLING ACT, 1867 [Act, No. 3 of 1867] [25th January, 1867] PREAMBLE An Act to provide for the punishment of public gambling and the keeping of common gaminghouse in the United Provinces, East Punjab, Delhi1[and the Central Provinces]. Preamble WHEREAS it is expedient to make provision for the punishment of public gambling and the keeping of common gaming-houses2[in the United Provinces, East Punjab, Delhi and the Central Provinces]; It is hereby enacted as follows:- ________________________ 1. Substituted for "North-Western Provinces of the Presidency of Fort William and in the Punjab, Oudh" by A.C. A.O., 1948 (23-3-1948). 2. Substituted for "the C. P. and British Burma" by the Amending Act, 1903 (1 of 1903).

Press and Registration of Books Act, 1867 Part 6

Title: Miscellaneous

State: Central

Year: 1867

.....), s.1 and Sch., Pt.II. Amending Act 1 - PRESS AND REGISTRATION OF BOOKS (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1955 THE PRESS AND REGISTRATION OF BOOKS (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1955 [Act No. 55 of 1955] [29th December, 1955] An Act further to amend the Press and Registration of Books Act, 1867. BE it enacted by Parliament in the Sixth Year of the Republic of India as follows :- 1 .Short title and commencement.- (1) This Act may be called the Press and Registration of Books (Amendment) Act, 1955. (2) It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint. 2 .Amendment of long title.- In the long title of the Press and Registration of Books Act, 1867 (XXV of 1867) (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), after the word "books" occurring in both the places, the words "and newspapers' shall be inserted. 3 .Amendment of preamble.- In the preamble to the principal Act, for the words "every book printed or lithographed in India and for the registration of such books", the words "every book and newspaper printed in India and for the registration of such books and newspapers" shall be substituted. 4 .Amendment of.....