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Interpretation.
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Penalty for owing or keeping or having charge of s gaming-how
Penalty for being found in gaming-house.
Powers to enter and authorise police:to enter and search.
Finding cards, etc.. in suspected houses to be evidence that such houses
are common gaming-houses.
Penalty on persons arrested for giving false names and addresm.
On conviction for keeping a gaming-house, instruments d gaming! to bc
destroyed.
Proof of playing for stake unnecessary.
Magistrate may require any person- apprehended to be s w w n and
give evidence.
Witnesses indemnified.
Gaming and setting birds and a h a h to fight in pub& streets.
Exemption of games of mere skill.
Offences by whom triable.
Penalty far subsequent offence.
Portion of fine may be paid ta informer:
Recovery of fines.
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He may either himself enter, or by his warrant authorise any officer of police, not below the rank of a Sub-Inspector, to enter with such assistam as may be found necessary,
by night or by day, and by force, if necessary, any such
house, room, tent, enclosure, space, vehicle, vessel ar place.
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11. Any person who shall have been concerned in gam- Wia,,,
ing contrary to this Act and who shall be examined as a indemniwitness before the Magistrate cm the trial of any p
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ing and who, upon such examination, shall ir. th,e opinion
of the Magistrate make true and faithful discovery, to the
best of his knwledge, of all things as to which he shall
be so examined, shall Lhereupon receive from the said Magistrate a certificate in writing to that effect, and shall be freed
from all prosecutions under this Act for anything done before +at time in respcct of such gaming.
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: setting birds any person found gaming in any public street, place or
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within the Union Territory of Delhi.
or any pewon setting any birds or animals to fight in any
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streets.
public street? place or thoroughfare situated within the said
Union territpry. or
any person there present aiding and abetting such public fighting ofl birds and animals,
such per8n when apprehended shall be brought without
delay before a Magistrate and shall be liable to imprisonment for a term which may extend to three months and shall
also be liable to a fine which may extend to one thousand
rupees, "
and such police officer may seize all instruments of
gaming found in such public street, place or tho~aughfare
on the person of those whom he shall so arrest, and the
Magistrate may on conviction of the offender order such
instrumenis to be forthwith destroyed.
Exemption
13. Nothing in this Act shall apply to any game of
of games
mere skill wherever played.
of m m
skill.
Offences
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Magistrate trying the case may direct any p r Portion of
fine may be tion of any h e which shall be levied under sectim 3 or
paid to 1 - section 4 or section 15 of this Act, or any part of the
formex.
moneys or spreceeds of articles seized and mde~edto be
forefeited under this Act, to be paid to an informer.
17. ,4u fines imposed under this Act n a y be recovered
Recovery
, in the fnaner prescribed in the Code of Criminal Procedure. 5 of 1898.
of fines.
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18. The following Acts are hereby repealed :
Repepla
(I) The Public Gambling Act, 1867 as in force in
the 'IkTniont e m t q of Delhi].
'(2) The Public Gambling (Funjab Amendment) Act.
1929, (Funjab Act I olf 1929) as extended to the "Wnion .
texritoiy] of DeIhi.
28. Power