[Assam] .Assam Game and Betting Act, 1970 (18 of 1970) extends this Act to the whole of Assam, excluding the autonomous State of Meghalaya but including the City of Shillong. Section 2 gives definition of bet; acceptance of bet; Betting House; instruments of betting; records of betting; District Magistrate; District Superintendent of Police; person; valuable security; the Act and invitation for betting for the purposes of this Act in its application to Assam.Assam Act 18 of 1970, Section 2.
[Himachal Pradesh] .In its application to the State of Himachal Pradesh, in Section 1, substitute the following definitions, namely:
Gaming includes wagering or betting on any figures or numbers or dates to be subsequently ascertained or disclosed, or on the occurrence or non-occurrence of any natural event, or in any other manner whatsoever except wagering or betting upon a horse race, when such wagering or betting upon a horse race takes place:
(a) on the day on which such race is to be run, and
(b) in an enclosure which the stewards controlling such race have, with the sanction of the State Government, set apart for the purpose, but does not include a lottery;
Instrument of gaming includes any article used as a means or an appurtenance of, or for the purpose, of carrying on or facilitating gaming and any document used as a register or record or evidence of any gaming and, in particular, satta papers, that is to say, any document wherein may be recorded any words and/or figures evidencing bets and used or intended to be used for in connection with gaming;
Explanation. It any document is recovered from the possession of any person containing words and, or figures, which prima facie appear to evidence bets, it shall be presumed that the words and figures evidence bets and the document was used or intended to be used for gaming unless the person aforesaid proves to the contrary;
Common gaming-house means any house or room or tent or enclosure or vehicle or vessel or any place whatsoever in which any instruments of gaming are kept or used for gaming purposes:
(a) with a view to the profit or gain of any person owning, occupying, or keeping such house, room, tent, enclosure, vehicle, vessel or place whether by way of charge for the use of such house, room, tent, enclosure, vehicle, vessel, place or instrument or otherwise howsoever,
(b) with or without a view to such profit or gain if the gaming for the purpose of which such instruments are so kept or used in gaming on any figures or numbers or dates to be subsequently ascertained or disclosed, or on the occurrence or non-occurrence of any natural event.Himachal Pradesh Act 30 of 1976, Section 2.
[Madhya Pradesh] .In its application to the State of Madhya Pradesh, in Section 1
(1) before the definition of common gaming-house, insert the following definitions, namely:
Gaming includes wagering or betting but does not include a lottery.
Any transaction by which a person in any capacity whatever employs another in any capacity whatever or engages for another in any capacity whatever to wager or bet with another person shall be deemed to be gaming.
The collection or soliciting of bets receipt or distribution of winnings or prizes in money or otherwise in respect of wagering or betting or any act which is intended to aid or facilitate wagering or betting or such collection, soliciting, receipt or distribution shall also be deemed to be gaming and
Instruments of gaming.The expression instruments of gaming includes any article used or intended to be used as a subject or means of gaming, any document used or intended to be used as a register or record or evidence of any gaming the proceeds of any gaming and any winnings or prizes in money or otherwise distributed or intended to be distributed in respect of any gaming.
(2) for the definition of common gaming-house, substitute the following definition, namely:
Common gaming-house means
(i) in the case of gaming
(a) on the market price of cotton, opium or other commodity or on the digits of the number used in stating such price, or
(b) on the amount of variation in the market price of any such commodity or on the digits of the number used in stating the amount of such variation, or
(c) on the market price of any stock or share or on the digits of the number used in stating such price, or
(d) on the occurrence or non-occurrence of rain or other natural event, or
(e) on the quantity of rainfall or on the digits of the number used in stating such quantity, any house, room, tent, enclosure, space, vehicle, vessel or any place whatsoever in which such gaming takes place or in which instruments of gaming are kept or used for such gaming.
(ii) in the case of any other form of gaming, any house, room, tent, enclosure, space, vehicle, vessel or any place whatsoever in which any instruments of gaming are kept or used for the profit or gain of the person owning, occupying, using or keeping such house, room, tent, enclosure, space, vehicle, vessel, place or instrument or otherwise howsoever.C.P. Act 3 of 1927, Section 2 and Madhya Pradesh Acts 12 of 1954, Section 2 (w.e.f. 26-3-1954) and 23 of 1958, Section 3 and Sch.
In its application to the State of Madhya Pradesh, in Section 1, in the definition of Common Gaming-House in Cl. (i),
(a) in item (e), insert the word or at the end, and
(b) after item (e), insert the following item, namely:
(f) on the digits or figures or signs or symbols or pictures used in stating the opening, middle or closing digits or figures or signs or symbols or pictures declared for or in connection with Worli Matka Gaming or any other form of gaming.Madhya Pradesh Act 47 of 1976, Section 2 (w.e.f. 6-10-1976).
[Manipur] .In its application to the Union territory (now State) of Manipur, in Section 1,
(i) after the word enclosure, insert Tent, Space, Vehicle; and
(ii) add the following definitions, after the definition of common gaming-house, namely:
Instrument of gaming includes any article used as a means or appurtenance to or for the purpose of carrying on or facilitating gaming,
Gaming includes wagering or betting but does not include a lottery.
Note .Act as amended in Uttar Pradesh, Punjab and Madhya Pradesh, subject to certain modifications and restrictions, had been extended to the Union territory of Manipur. Manipur is now a State and the said amendments would continue to be in force thereat by virtue of section 77 of the Act 81 of 1971.S.R.O. 168, dated 30-1-1952, Gazette of India, dated 2-2-1952, Pt. II, Section 3, p. 149 and Act 81 of 1971, Section 3.
[Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh] .In its application to the State of Punjab, for the definition of common gaming-house in Section 1, the following definitions shall be deemed to be substituted, namely:
Gaming includes wagering or betting on any figures or numbers or dates to be subsequently ascertained or disclosed, or on the occurrence or non-occurrence of any natural event, or in any other manner whatsoever except wagering or betting upon a horse-race when such wagering or betting upon a horse-race takes place
(a) on the day on which such race is to be run, and
(b) in any enclosure which the stewards controlling such race have with the sanction of the Provincial Government set apart for the purpose, but does not include a lottery.
Instrument of gaming includes any article used as a means of appurtenance of, or for the purpose of carrying on or facilitating gaming, and any document used as a register or record or evidence of any gaming.
Common gaming-house means any house or room or tent or enclosure or vehicle or vessel or any place whatsoever in which any instruments of gaming are kept or used for gaming purposes
(a) with a view to the profit or gain of any person owning, occupying or keeping such house, room, tent, enclosure, vehicle, vessel, place whether by way of charge for the use of such house, room, tent, enclosure, vehicle, vessel, place or instrument or otherwise howsoever;
(b) with or without a view to such profit or gain if the gaming for the purpose of which such instruments are so kept or used in gaming on any figures or numbers or dates to be subsequently ascertained or disclosed, or on the occurrence or non-occurrence of any natural event.Punjab Acts 1 of 1929, Section 3; 18 of 1958, Section 3 and Sch.; 9 of 1960, Section 2 (w.e.f. 28-1-1960) and Central Act 31 of 1966, Section 88.
[Uttar Pradesh] .In its application to the State of Uttar Pradesh,
(i) the definition of gaming is same as that of Punjab. The definition of instruments of gaming is same as that of Punjab, except the last words in that definition, namely, and any document................. of any gaming which do not occur.Uttar Pradesh Act 1 of 1917, Section 2.
(ii) in Section 1, for the definition of common gaming-house substitute the following, namely:
Common gaming-house means
(1) in the case of gaming on the digits of the sale price of any commodity, for example, opium or cotton, or on the digits of papers or bales manipulated from within jars or other receptacles, or on the occurrence or non-occurrence of any natural event, for example, rainfall or the quantity of rainfall, any house, room, tent, walled enclosure, space, vehicle, vessel or any place whatsoever in which instruments of gaming are kept or used for such gaming;
(2) in the case of any other form of gaming, any house, room, tent, walled enclosure, space, vehicle, vessel or any place whatsoever in which any instruments of gaming are kept or used for the profit or gain of the person 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.Uttar Pradesh Acts 1 of 1917, Section 2 and 1 of 1925, Section 2.
(iii) in the definition of instruments of gaming, colon at the end shall be deleted and the following shall be added and, in particular, satta papers, that is to say, any document wherein may be recorded any words and/or figures evidencing bets and used or intended to be used for or in connection with gaming; and
(iv) after the definition of instruments of gaming add the following as Explanation. thereto,
Explanation .If any document is recovered from the possession of any person containing words and/or figures, which prima facie appear to evidence bets, it shall be presumed that the words and figures evidence bets and the document was used or intended to be used for gaming, unless the person aforesaid proves to the contrary.Uttar Pradesh Act 21 of 1961, Section 2 (w.e.f. 7-9-1961). |