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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.....

Public Gambling Act, 1867 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1867

.....10-15, have, in the form of rules, been for some years, 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:.....

Delhi Public Gambling Act, 1955 Complete Act

State: Delhi

Year: 1955

..... (2) The General Clauses Act, 1897 (X of 1897), applies for the interpretation of this Act as it applies for the interpretation of a Central Act. Section3 Penalty for owning or keeping or having charge of a gaming house Whoever, being the owner or occupier or having the use of any house, room, tent, enclosure, space, vehicle, vessel or place in the Union Territory of Delhi opens, keeps or uses the same as common gaming-house; and whoever being the owner or occupier of any such house, room, tent, enclosure, space, vehicle, vessel 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, room, tent, enclosure, space, vehicle, vessel or place as aforesaid, opened, occupied, used or kept for the purpose aforesaid; and whoever advances or funishes money for the purpose of gaming with persons frequenting such house, room, tent, enclosure, space, vehicle, vessel or place; shall be liable to imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months and shall also be liable to fine.....

Karnataka Police Act, 1963 Chapter I

Title: Preliminary

State: Karnataka

Year: 1963

.....public building or monument, and all places accessible to the public for drawing water, washing or bathing or for the purpose of recreation; (19) "rules" means rules made under this Act; (20) "street" includes any highway, bridge, way over a causeway, viaduct, arch, quay or wharf or any road, lane, footway, square, court, alley or passage accessible to the public, whether a thoroughfare or not; (21) "Subordinate Police" means members of the Police Force of and below the rank of Inspector; (22) "Superior Police" means members of the Police Force above the rank of Inspector; (23) "vehicle" means any carriage, cart, van, dray, truck, hand-cart or other conveyance of any description and includes a bicycle, tricycle, a rickshaw, an automatic car, a vessel or an aeroplane. (24) Words and expressions not defined in this Act and which are defined in the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 (Central Act V of 1898), shall have the same meaning as in that Code. _______________________________ 1. Substituted by Act 18 of 1975 w.e.f. 15.5.1975 2. Omitted by Act 18 of 1995 w.e.f. 15.5.1975 3. Inserted by Act 7 of 1974 w.e.f. 29.11.1973 4. Substituted by Act 7 of 1974 w.e.f......

The Madras City Police Act, 1888 Complete Act

State: Tamil Nadu

Year: 1888

.....of keeping or using a room as a common gaming house can be made out only if there is sufficient proof of presence of element of profit. The mere fact that sometimes persons play cards in a house and perhaps for money, does not necessarily make it a common gaming house -1952 MWN 162: Gain is a necessary element to prove the charge " 1954 Crl LJ 56. AIR 1954 Mad 134; 4 . (This Section was repealed by section 3 of, and the second Schedule to, the Tamil Nadu Repealing and Amending Act, 1957 (Tamil Nadu Act XXV of 1957)). [ ]. 5 . Administration vested in the Commissioner of police:- The administration of the Police of the City of Madras shall be vested in an officer to be styled the Commissioner of Police for Madras. (The words "who shall from time to time be appointed by the Governor in Council of Fort St. George and may be removed by the same authority "were omitted by the Adaptation Order of 1937.) [* * *] Administration of police employed at Railway Stations, etc., may be vested in the Inspector-General of Police:- ( This proviso was added by section 1 of the Madras Act III of 1898. As to the control by the Inspector-General of Police of the City Police, see.....

West Bengal Gambling and Prize Competitions Act, 1957 Complete Act

State: West Bengal

Year: 1957

.....authority and any other officer acting under this chapter shall be deemed to be public servants within the meaning of section 21 of the Indian Penal Code. Section 35 Jurisdiction to try offences No court inferior to that of a Presidency Magistrate of a magistrate of the first class shall try any offence under this chapter. Section 36 Protection of action taken under this chapter No suit, prosecution or other legal proceeding shall lie against the licensing authority or any other officer of the Government for anything which is in good faith done or intended to be done under this chapter or the rules made thereunder. Section 37 Power to make rules (1) The State Government may, be notification in the Official Gazette, and after previous publication, make rules for carrying out the purposes of the chapter. (2) In particular, and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, such rules may provide for all or any of the following matters, namely: (a) the form and manner of application for a licence under this chapter and the fees, if any, for such licence; (b) the period for which, the conditions subject to which and the form in which, a licence may be granted.....

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.....

Delhi Entertainments and Betting Tax Act, 1996 Complete Act

State: Delhi

Year: 1996

.....operations, and includes a ˜turf commission agent', so, however, the a person shall not be deemed to be a book-maker by reason only of the fact that he operates, or is employed in operating, a totalizator; (g) "cable service" means the transmission by cables of programme including re-transmission by cables of any broadcast television signals; (h) "cable television network" means any system consisting of a set of closed transmission paths and associated signal generation/control and distribution equipment, designed to provide cable service for reception by multiple subscribers; (i) "entertainment" means any exhibition, performance, amusement, game, sport or race (including horse race) or in the case of cinematograph exhibitions, cover exhibition of news-reels, documentaries, cartoons, advertisement shorts or slides, whether before or during the exhibition of a feature film or separately, and also includes entertainment through cable service; (j) "government" means the Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi; (k) "licensed bookmaker" means a book-maker who holds a licence under section 20; (l) "notification" means a notification published in the.....

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 Sikkim Prisons Act, 2007 Complete Act

State: Sikkim

Year: 2007

.....other records as the Government may, by rule direct, and the Jailer shall make an entry in its proper place stating in respect of each direction the fact of its having been or not having complied with, accompanied by such observations, as the Jailer thinks fit to make with the date & time of the entry. CHAPTER IX VISITS TO PRISONERS Visits to civil and under-trial /convicted prisoners. 37 . Due provision shall be made for the admission, at proper times and under proper restrictions, into every prison of persons with whom civil or un-convicted criminal / convicted prisoners may desire to communicate, care being taken that so far as may be consistent with the interests of justice, prisoners under trial may see their duly qualified legal advisers without the presence of any other person. Search of visitor. 38 . (1) The Jailer may demand the name and address of any visitor to a prisoner, and, when the Jailer has any ground for suspicion, may search any visitor, or cause to be searched, but the search shall not be made in the presence of any prisoner or of another visitor. (2) In case of any such visitor refusing to permit himself to be searched, the Jailer may deny.....