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\1) In this chapier unless the context otherwise Definitu requires : — (a) ''conmion gaming house" means any house, room, tent, walled enclosure, space, vehicle, vessel or any place whatsoever, in which any instrument of gaming is kept or used for the profit or gain of the ])erson owning, occupying', using or keeping such house, room, tent, enclosure, space, vehicle, vessel or place, whether by way of charge for the use of such house, room, tent, enclosure, space, vehicle, vessel, place or instrument or otherwise howsoever; > •. 1v \ .. , < » ..4i the n {'^'i IJciigdl (xauihlint/ .and Pnze Cdinp^iitions I Act, r.f:-)!. [West Ben. Act il'}tai)icr II.—i'reccntiuh of Gtiwhllnij.—Section. 3.) \(j) "giUiung or grtinbliug" includes wagering' or "betti.ug, exce])t wagering or betting ui^on a horse race, wlien sui'li wagering' or betting takes place— (/') 111 tlie day on wlilch the race is to be run, (//) ill an .enclosure which the Stewards controlling sucli rai-c have, with the permission of the State (joverinuent, set apart for the purpose, and {ill) with a licensed hook-iuaker or by means of a totalisator as defined in section 14 of the Bengal Aimise- Ben. Act luents Tax Act, 1922, but does not include a V of 1922. J lottery or games of cards like Bridg-e, Poker, Thnninoy or Nap; ic) "iustruiucnt of gaining" includes any article used or intended to lie used as a moans or appurtenance of, or for the purpose of carrying on or facilitating' gaming; (f/) ''magistrate" means a Presidency Magistrate or a Magistrate of the Pirst Class; (c) "money" includes 'a cheque or any other negotiable instniincut, a postal order or a money order; //) "police officer" means any member of the Police force and includes the Commissioner of Police, Calcutta; (y) "[U'e^ci-ihed" means prescribed by rules innclo under tliis cliaptcr; (/?) "printing" includes writing or other modes ot representing or reprodiicing words, letters or figures in a visible form. \ (2) I'or tlie purpose (.>f this chapter all searches made under the ])rovisions of this chapter shall he conducted in accordance with the provisions of the Code of Criminal Act V Procedure, 1898.