Section List

Act Number: 3

Act Name: The Public Gambling Act, 1867

Year: 1867

Enactment Date: 1867-01-25

Long Title: An Act to provide for the punishment of public gambling and the keeping of common gaming house in the United Provinces East Punjab, Delhi1[and the Central Provinces].

Ministry: Ministry of Home Affairs

Department: Department of Internal Security

Section NumberTitleActions
1Interpretation-clause.
2Power to extend Act.
3Penalty for owning or keeping, or having charge of, a gaming-house.
4Penalty for being found in gaming-house.
5Power to enter and authorise police to enter and search.
7Penalty on persons arrested for giving false names and addresses.
8On conviction for keeping a gaming-house, instruments of gaming to be destroyed.
9Proof of playing for stakes unnecessary.
10Magistrate may require any person apprehended to be sworn and give evidence.
11Witnesses indemnified.
12Act not to apply to certain games.
13Gaming and setting birds and animals to fight in public streets.
14Offences, by whom triable.
15Penalty for subsequent offence.
16Portion of fine may be paid to informer.
17Recovery and application of fines.
18[Repealed.].
6Finding cards, etc., in suspected houses, to be evidence that such houses are common gaming- houses.
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