Section 12 of The Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Act, 2025: Non-compliance by any other person.

The Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Act, 2025

  • Act 32 of 2025
  • Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
About this Act

An Act to promote and regulate the online gaming sector including e-sports, educational games and social gaming; to provide for the appointment of an Authority for coordinated policy support, strategic development and regulatory oversight of the sector; to prohibit the offering, operation, facilitation, advertisement, promotion and participation in online money games through any computer resource, mobile device or the internet, particularly where such activities operate across State borders or from foreign jurisdictions; to protect individuals, especially youth and vulnerable populations, from the adverse social, economic, psychological and privacy-related impacts of such games; to ensure the responsible use of digital technologies; to maintain public order and protect public health; to safeguard the integrity of financial systems and the security and sovereignty of the State; to establish a uniform national level legal framework in the public interest; and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.

All sections
    (1) Any person who fails to comply with any direction or order issued by the Central Government or the Authority or agency under sub-section (3) of section 8 shall be liable to penalty which may extend to ten lakh rupees or may include suspension or cancellation of registration, and prohibition from offering, facilitating or promoting such games for such period as may be determined by the Central Government or the Authority.
    (2) No action under sub-section (1) shall be taken without giving an opportunity of being heard.

Source: Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Govt. of India (text with the Corrigenda of 28 August 2025). Check the official Gazette before relying on it in court. Not legal advice. Free legal aid: 15100 (NALSA) ยท Know your rights

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