Section 4: Penalty for being found gaming in a common gaming house

The Telangana Gaming Act, 1974

How current this text is

Text as published by India Code for the Government of Telangana (Home Department): the Andhra Pradesh Gaming Act, 1974 as in force in the combined State on 2 June 2014, adapted to Telangana under section 101 of the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014 by the Telangana Adaptation of Laws Order, 2016 (G.O.Ms.No.45, Law (F) Department, dated 01.06.2016), with amendments up to Act No.29 of 2017.

Amendments made by Andhra Pradesh after 2 June 2014, such as the Andhra Pradesh Gaming (Amendment) Act, 2020 (A.P. Act 43 of 2020), do not apply in Telangana and are not in this text.

¹[Whoever is found gaming, or present for the purpose of gaming in a common gaming house shall, on conviction, be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months or with fine which may extend to three thousand rupees, or with both.]

Explanation.—For the purpose of this section, any person found in any common gaming house during gaming therein shall be presumed to have been present there for the purpose of gaming.

Footnotes in the official text

1.Substituted by Act No.29 of 2017.