Section 3:
Penalty for owning or keeping, or having charge of, a gaming-house.
Whoever, being the
owner or occupier, or having the use, of any house, walled enclosure, room or place situated within the
limits to which this Act applies, opens, keeps or uses the same as a common gaming-house; and
whoever, being the owner or occupier of any such house, walled enclosure, room or place
as aforesaid, knowingly or wilfully permits the same to be opened, occupied, used or kept by
any other person as a common gaming-house; and
whoever has the care or management of, or in any manner assists in conducting, the business of any
house, walled enclosure, room or place as aforesaid, opened, occupied, used or kept for the purpose
aforesaid; and
whoever advances or furnishes money for the purpose of gaining with persons frequenting such
house, walled enclosure, room or place;
shall be liable to a fine not exceeding two-hundred rupees, or to imprisonment of either
description,1
as defined in the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860), for any term not exceeding three
months.2
Notes:
1. See s. 53 of the Code.
2. As to enhanced punishment for a second conviction of an offence under s. 3 or s. 4, see s. 15 of this Act.