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Restrictions. – (1) No Non-local online games provider shall,— (a) provide any online gambling service; (b) allow playing of any online game of chance specified in the Schedule, with money or other stakes; or (c) allow playing of any other online game contrary to the regulations, Restrictions. in this State. (2) No Non-local online games provider shall be deemed to have contravened sub-section (1), if he has exercised due diligence or has provided geo -blocking in this State for the purpose. (3) For the purpose of sub-section (2), a Non-local online games provider shall be deemed to have exercised due diligence if it had,— (a) informed prospective customers that the State prohibits online gambling and playing of certain online games to customers who are physically present in this State; (b) required the customers to enter into contracts with an express condition that the customers shall not use the service, if they are physically present in this State; (c) required the customers to provide personal details suffi cient to establish that they were not physically present in this State; (d) obtained data that indicated that the customers were not physically present in this State when the relevant customer accounts were opened and throughout the period when the service was provided to the customers; and (e) taken all other reasonably practicable measures to ensure that no person physically present in this State could have access to online gambling service or to online games of chance prohibited under section 7.,