The ODISHA PREVENTION OF GAMBLING ACT, 1955
odisha · 1955
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- S. 1For Statement of Objects and Reasons - see Odisha Gazette Ext
- S. 2Section 2 defines terms like "common gaming house," "gambling," "gaming house," and "instruments of gambling" for the Odisha Prevention of Gambling Act, 1955.
- S. 3Section penalizes participation in gambling with up to one month imprisonment or a fine of up to one hundred rupees.
- S. 4Section 4 penalizes owners or occupiers who knowingly allow their property to be used as a gambling house.
- S. 5Section 5 penalizes owners or occupiers of common gaming houses for permitting them to be used for gambling.
- S. 6Section penalizes participation in gambling in a common gaming house with imprisonment, fine, or both.
- S. 7Section penalizes public fighting of birds or animals and aiding such fights as an offense under the Act.
- S. 8If the District Magistrate or a
- S. 9Section 9 states that found gaming instruments indicate a common gaming-house and persons present for gaming.
- S. 10Section penalizes refusal to provide name and address in a common gaming house with fines or imprisonment.
- S. 11Section 11 mandates the destruction of gaming instruments and forfeiture of seized items in common gaming houses upon conviction.
- S. 12Section 12 allows conviction for running a common gaming house without proving players wagered money.
- S. 13Section 13 allows police to arrest individuals gambling or promoting animal fights in public without a warrant.
- S. 14Section 14 allows the State Government to exempt certain recreational activities from the Act's provisions.
- S. 15(1) The Public Gambling Act, 1867 (III of 1867), the Bengal Public Gambling Act, 1867 (Ben