Indian Penal Code (IPC) S. 294-A. Keeping lottery office.
[i][294-A. Keeping lottery office.—Whoever keeps any office or place for the purpose of drawing any lottery [ii][not being [iii][a State lottery] or a lottery authorised by the State Government], shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to six months, or with fine, or with both.
And whoever publishes any proposal to pay any sum, or to deliver any goods, or to do or forbear from doing anything for the benefit of any person, on any event or contingency relative or applicable to the drawing of any ticket, lot, number or figure in any such lottery shall be punished with fine which may extend to one thousand rupees.]
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Cognizable or not? |
Non-cognizable |
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Whether Bailable? |
Bailable |
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Compoundable or not? |
Not compoundable |
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Triable by whom? |
Any Magistrate |
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[i] Inserted by Act 27 of 1870, S. 10.
[ii] Substituted by the A.O. 1937 for “not authorised by Government”.
[iii] Substituted by Act 3 of 1951, S. 3 and Sch., for “a lottery organised by the Central Government or the Government of a Part A State or a Part B State” which had been Substituted by the A.O. 1950 for “a State lottery”.
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