The Gujarat Prevention of Gambling Act, 1887
gujarat · 1987
- S. 1This Act may be cited as the Bombay Prevention of Gambling Act, 1887
- S. 2[Repeal of enactments
- S. 3Section 3 defines "gaming" to exclude horse race betting on the race day in a licensed enclosure, but includes other forms of wagering and betting.
- S. 3APunishment for printing or publishing pictures, digits or figures relating to Worli Matka or other form of gaming
- S. 4Section 4 penalizes operating or facilitating common gaming-houses with imprisonment and fines, escalating for repeat offenses.
- S. 5Section penalizes individuals found in common gaming houses with imprisonment and fines, increasing penalties for repeat offenses.
- S. 5ASeizure of register, record or writing by certain police officers
- S. 6Entry, search etc
- S. 6APunishment for giving false names and addresses
- S. 7Presumptive proof of keeping or gaming in common gaming-house
- S. 8Section 8 mandates destruction or forfeiture of gaming instruments and sale of other seized items, with proceeds going to entitled persons.
- S. 9Section 9 of the Gujarat Prevention of Gambling Act, 1887, allows conviction for gaming offenses without proving money was involved and provides witness immunity for truthful disclosures.
- S. 10Indemnification of certain witnesses
- S. 11[Payment of portion of fine to informer-Deleted by Guj, 32 of 1963, s
- S. 12Section 12 authorizes police to arrest and search individuals suspected of gambling or animal fighting in public, with penalties and forfeiture of instruments and proceeds.
- S. 12APower to arrest without warrant for printing, publishing or distributing any news or information
- S. 13Nothing in this Act shall be held to apply to any game of mere skill wherever played
- S. 195950 Sub-section (2) was added by Guj
- S. 1974Gaming in common gaming houses