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THE ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS PUBLIC GAMBLING REGULATION, 1951.
The Andaman and Nicobar Islands Public Gambling Regulation, 1951
Sections
An ACT
Section 1Section 1. Short title, extent and commencement
Section 1Section 1(1)
Section 1Section 1(2)
Section 1Section 1(3)
Section 1Section 2. Definitions
Section 2Section 2(1)
Section 2Section 2(2)
Section 2Section 2(3)
Section 2Section 2(3)(a)
Section 2Section 2(3)(b)
Section 2Section 2(4)
Section 2Section 2(5)
Section 2Section 2(6)
Section 2Section 2(6)(a)
Section 2Section 2(6)(b)
Section 2Section 2(7)
Section 2Section 3. Penalty for owing or keeping or having charge of a gaming-house
Section 3Section 4. Penalty for playing or being in a gaming-house
Section 4Section 5. Penalty for gaming or setting birds or animals to fight in public places
Section 5Section 6. Penalty for conducting game of to or other like game
Section 6Section 7. Power to arrest without warrant and to seize instructments of gaming
Section 7Section 7(1)
Section 7Section 7(2)
Section 7Section 8. Power to enter and authorize police off-icer to enter and search any suspected house, etc.
Section 8Section 8(1)
Section 8Section 8(2)
Section 8Section 8(3)
Section 8Proviso to Section 8(3)
Section 8Proviso to Section 8(3)
Section 8Section 9. Power to enter and search betting offices
Section 9Section 9(1)
Section 9Section 9(2)
Section 9Section 9(3)
Section 9Section 9(4)
Section 9Section 10. Presumption respecting instruments of gaming found in places entered
Section 10Section 11. Tender of parden to accomplice
Section 11Section 11(1)
Section 11Section 11(2)
Section 11Section 12. Magistrate may order destruction of cards, etc., and forfieture of articles seized
Section 12Section 13. Recovery of fines
Section 13Section 14. Portion of fine may be paid as reward
Section 14Section 15. Power to demand security for good behaviour
Section 15
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"content": "\"betting office\" means any place, whether public or private, which is used for wagering or betting upon, or for receiving moneys as an agency for wagering or betting upon; any fo fight, game, sport or exercise or for the settlement such wagers or bets or for the settlement by the agent with his principlas on the result of such wagers or bets;",
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"content": "the game of the well-known in Burma or China or any other game or pretended game of a like nature, is carried on;",
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"content": "\"District superintendent of police\" indludes as assistant Superintendent of Police or other person appointed by general of or special order of the Chief Commissioner to exercise the powers and to perform the duties of a. District' Superintendent of Police under this Regulation in any area;",
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"content": "the words \"gaming\" and \"Playing\" with their grammatical variations and cognate expressions include taking part in the game of the or in any other game or pretended game of a like nature, but do not include the promoting of, or the taking part in, any game of more human skill, whereever played;",
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"content": "the expression \"instruments of gaming\" means-",
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"content": "any cards, dice, counters, coins, gaming tables, gaming cloth, gaming boards or other articles devised ?or actually used for the purpose of gaming;",
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"content": "any boxes, receppacles, lists, papers, tickets or forms used for the purpose of the game of to or any other game or pretended game of a like nature;",
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"content": "Penalty for owing or keeping or having charge of a gaming-house.-\nWhoever\n(a) being the owner or en occupier or maiww having the use of any place, opens, keeps or uses the same as a common gaming-houses; or\n(b) being the owner or occupier of any place knowingly permits the same to be opened, used or kept as a common gaming-house; or\n(c) has the care or management of, or in any manner assists in conducting the business of any common gaming-house; or\n(d) advances or furnishes money for the purpose of gaming with persons frequenting any comming gaming-house;\nshall be liable for a first offence to a fine not exceeding five hundred rupees, or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months, and for a subsequent offence to a fine not exceeding one thousand rupees, or to Imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months.",
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"content": "Penalty for playing or being in a gaming-house. Whoever plays in any common gaming-house or is there present \"for the purpose of gaming, whether or riot actually playing, shall be liable for a first offence to a fine not exceeding one hundred rupees, or to imprisonment for a terms not exceeding one month, and for a subsequent offence to a fine not exceeding two hundred rupees or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two months.",
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"content": "Penalty for gaming or setting birds or animals to fight in public places. Whoever in any street or thoroughfare or place to which the public have access-\n(a) plays for money or other valuable thing with any instrument of gaming; or\n(b) sets any birds or animals to fight; or\n(c) being there present, aids and abets such public fighting or birds or animals; or\n(d) in any local area to which the Chief Commissioner may, by notification in the off-icial gazette, apply this clause, in any manner invites or encourages 'any person to wager or bet on any & fight, game, or exercise;\nshall be liable to a fine not exceeding fify rupees, or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one month.",
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"content": "Penalty for conducting game of to or other like game.-\nWhoever-\n(a) conducts or assists in conducting the game of to or any other game or pretended game of a like nature as manager or stake holder or\n(b) is, according to the rules of the game pretended game, entitled to receive the surplus proceeds, or any part of the surplus proceeds, or the stake after deducting the amount payable to the successful player or players; or\n(c) promotes the game or pretended game by soliciting or collecting stakes or otherwise;\nshall be liable to imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months, or with fine, or with both.",
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"content": "(a) Any police officer may arrest without warrant any person who in any street or throroughfare or place to which the public have access and within the view of such police officer-\n(a) solicits or collects stakes for the game of to or any other game or pretended game of a like nature; or\n(b) Plays for money or other valuable thing with any instrument of gaming; or\n(c) sets birds or animals to fight; or\n(d) being there present, aids and abets such public fighting of birds or animals; or\n(e) commits an offence punishable under clause (d) of section 5.",
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"content": "Any instruments of gaming or any other thing which under the provisions of section 9 may be seized in a betting off-i?e, may be seized if found in such street, thorough fare or place or on the persons of those who are arrested under sub-section (1).",
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"title": "Section 8. Power to enter and authorize police off-icer to enter and search any suspected house, etc.",
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"content": "Power to enter and authorize police off-icer to enter and search any suspected house, etc.",
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"content": "If the district magistrate, or any magistrate of the first class or any other magistrate specially empoweree by the Chief Commissioner in this behalf, or the District Superintendent of Police (încludes A.S.P) on credible information or on any other sufficient grounds, and after such inquiry as he may think necessary, has reason to believe that any place is used as a common gaming-house, he may either himself do any of of the following acts or, by warrant, authorise any police off-leer not below the rank of assistant sub-inspector of police\n(a) enter, within seven days from the date thereof, with such assistance as may be found necessary, by night or by day and by force if necessary, any such place;\n(b) take into custody all persons whom he finds therein whether they are the then actually gaming or not;\n(c) seize all instruments of gaming, all moneys and articles of value, reasonably supspected to have been used or intended to be used for the purpose of gaming, which are found therein; and\n(d) search all parts of the place, which he shall have so entered, when he has reason to believe that any instruments of gaming are concealed therein and also the persons of theose whom he has taken into custody; and sieize and take possession of all instruments of gaming found upon such search",
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"content": "All searches under sub section (1) shall be made in accordance with the provisions of sub-section (3) of section 102 and of section 103 of the code.",
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"content": "When any place is entered under sub sectior (1) by a police officer, he shall without undue delay after the completion of the proceeding under that sub section, submit a report of such proceedings together with the warrant, if any, to a magistrate who has jurisdiction to take cognizance of any offence which appears to have been committed and take or send to such a magistrate the persons arrested and the article seized.",
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"title": "Proviso to Section 8(3)",
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"content": "Provided that the police officer may release the persons so arrested on bail or on their own recognizances conditioned to appear before such magistrate and",
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"number": "8",
"title": "Proviso to Section 8(3)",
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"content": "Provided further that if no person is arrested, the police officer shall submit a report of his proceedings to a magistrate who issued the warrant, if any.",
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"title": "Section 9. Power to enter and search betting offices",
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"content": "Power to enter and search betting offices.-",
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"number": "9",
"title": "Section 9(1)",
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"content": "The district magistrate or the District Superintendent of Police, or any police officer not below the rank of Officer in charge of a police station upon being duly empowered by a warrant issued by either of such officers may by day or night, enter and search with such assistance as may be necessary, any place which is reasonably believed to be used as a betting off-ice and seize any tickets, coupons, regisers; books of other documents found therein and used, or intended to be used or reasonably suspected to the be used as a record or evidence of any wager or bet upon any fight game or exercise.",
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"content": "All searches under sub section (1) shall be made in accordance with the provisions of sub section (3) of section 102 and of section 103 of the Code.",
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"number": "9",
"title": "Section 9(3)",
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"content": "No warrant issued under sub-section (1) shall be executed after the expiry of seven days from the date thereof.",
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"number": "9",
"title": "Section 9(4)",
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"content": "When any place is entered under sub section (1) by a police officer other than the District Superintendent of Police, he shall immediately after the completion of the proceedings, submit a report thereof to the district magistrate or if the warrant was issued by the District Superintendent of Police, to that officer.",
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"number": "10",
"title": "Section 10. Presumption respecting instruments of gaming found in places entered",
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"content": "Presumption respecting instruments of gaming found in places entered. When any instrument of gaming is found in any place entered under the provisions of this Regulation or about the persons of any of these who are found therein, it shall be presumed until the conntrary is proved, that such place is used as a common gaming-house and that the persons found therein were there present for the purpose of gaming, although no play was actually seen by the magistrate or police officer, or by any one alding in the entry.",
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"number": "11",
"title": "Section 11. Tender of parden to accomplice",
"chapter": null,
"content": "Tender of parden to accomplice..",
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{
"number": "11",
"title": "Section 11(1)",
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"content": "It shall be lawful forthe magistrate, before whom any person is accused of an offence under section 3 or section 4 or section 5 or section 6, with a view to obtaining on the trial the evidence of the person touching any unlawful gaming or touching anything done with reference to, or in furtherance of, any unlawful gaming, or touching any act done for the purpose of preventing, obstructing or delating the entry, into any place of any magistrate or police officer authorised to make such entry, to tendera pardon to such person on condition of his making a full and true disclosure of the whole of the circumstances within his knowledge relative to the offonce to",
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"number": "11",
"title": "Section 11(2)",
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"content": "The provisions of sections 337, 339 and 339A of the Code shall apply to any person to whom a pardon has been tendered under sub section (1) as they apply to any person to whom a pardon has been tendered under those provisions.",
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"number": "12",
"title": "Section 12. Magistrate may order destruction of cards, etc., and forfieture of articles seized",
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"content": "Magistrate may order destruction of cards, etc., and forfieture of articles seized on the conviction of any person for an offence committed under this Regulation, the convicting magistrate may order any instruments of gaming, seized to be destroyed and an may also order any other article seized to be sold and converted into money, and the proceeds thereof with all moneys seized therein to be forfeited to the Government or in his discretion may order any of such articles and the whole or any part of such moneys to be returned to the person appearing to have been severally thereunto entitled.",
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"number": "13",
"title": "Section 13. Recovery of fines",
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"content": "Recovery of fines. All fines imposed under this Regulation may be recovered in the manner provided in the Code.",
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"number": "14",
"title": "Section 14. Portion of fine may be paid as reward",
"chapter": null,
"content": "Portion of fine may be paid as reward. The magistrate trying any case under this Regulation may direct any portion of any fine levied under this Regulation to be paid to any person who has contributed in any way to the conviction.",
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"title": "Section 15. Power to demand security for good behaviour",
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"content": "Power to demand security for good behaviour Whenever a district magistrate or any magistrate of the first class specially empowered in this behalf by the Chief Commissioner, receives information that any person within the local limits of his jurisdiction earns his livelihood, wholly or in part, by unlawful gaming or aby promoting or assiting in the promotion of unlawful gaming he may deal with such person as nearly as may be as if the information received about him were of the description mentioned in section 110 of the Code and for the purpose of any proceeding under that section the fact that a person earns his livelhood as aforesaid may be proved by evidence of general repute or otherwise.",
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"Act Number": "II",
"Enactment Date": "1951-01-01",
"Act Year": "1951",
"Short Title": "The Andaman and Nicobar Islands Public Gambling Regulation, 1951",
"Department": "Ministry of Home Affairs",
"Type": "CENTRAL",
"Location": "Andaman and Nicobar Islands"
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