(1)

Whoever,—

(a) being the owner or occupier or having the use of any building, room, tent, enclosure, vehicle, vessel or place, opens, keeps or uses the same for the purpose of gaming,—

(b) being the owner or occupier of any such building, room, tent, enclosure, vehicle, vessel or place knowingly or wilfully permits the same to be opened, occupied, kept or used by any other person for the purpose of gaming on any of the objects aforesaid, or

(c) has the care or management of, or in any manner assists in, conducting the business of, any such building, room, tent, enclosure, vehicle, vessel or place opened, occupied, kept or used for the purpose of gaming on any of the objects aforesaid, or

(d) advances or furnishes money for the purpose of gaming on any of the objects aforesaid with persons frequenting any such building, room, tent, enclosure, vehicle, vessel or place,

(2)

Whoever is found in any building, room, tent, enclosure, vehicle, vessel or place referred to in sub-section (1), gaming on any of the objects specified in that sub-section, or present, for the purpose of gaming on any such object shall, on conviction, be punished with imprisonment which may extend to one month or with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees or with both.

Any person found in any such building, room, tent, enclosure, vehicle, vessel or place during any gaming therein on any of the objects specified in sub-section (1) shall be presumed, until the contrary is proved, to have been there for the purpose of gaming on such object.

(3)

Whoever is found gaming on any of the objects specified in sub-section (1) in any public street or thoroughfare or in any place to which the public have or are permitted to have access shall, on conviction be punished with imprisonment which may extend to three months or with fine which may extend to three hundred rupees, or with both.