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" acceptance of bet" with all its gramma- tical variations means the acceptance of a bet as defined in clause ta) above by any person either on behalf of himself or any other person or through any agent or any person procured or employed acting for or on his behalf, with a · promise, underta\ting or assurance express or implied for payment of any money or any valuable thing after the happening or determination of an unascertained event or thing in relation to any game or sport. Banks, Posts and Telegraphs or any other orga· r.isation or house or concern which transmits money or valuable security shall be deemed to be joint agent of both the sender and the receiver. (c) "Betting house" means any house, room, office, enclosure, space, vehicle, vessel, tent or place which is used for the purpose of bettin~ or for receiving any information of aoythini including the result of any game or sport or wherein instrumen ls of betting or records of betting are kept or fou.nd or whereto vi~itors are invited for purpose of betting by any advertisement, board or signboard or any visible sign or by any words verbal or in writing. • .. (cl) " instruments of betting" includes any board, .. table, tickets, tokens, coupons, book, khatas, slips and all other things which are used in bettings or to facilitate betting on a game or sport. -- (e) "records of betting" includes any table, board cloth, writing materials, accounts and account-books, slips, paper, books, khatas, receipts, coupons anrl all other things which contain or may indicate to have any relation to record of betting. (f) " District Magistrate" shall include a Magis- trate holding the charge · of a Subdivision and an Additional District Magistrate and also any Magistrate having the powers of a First Class Magistrate. (g) (h) "District Superintendent of Police" includes an Additional and Assistant Superinten- dent of Police, Deputy Superintendent of Police and any police officer, holding the charge of a Subdivision of a_ District. "person" sh;ill have the ~ame meaning as A A . G I . ssam ct defined m the Assam eneral C auses Act, III of 1915. 1915 and shall include a firm, whether registered or not and also a firm of an undivided 1-lindu family. (i) "valuable security" shall have the same Central Ac; meaning as defined in the Indian Penal XLV of Code, 1860.