Goa, Daman and Diu Public Gambling Act, 1976

No: 14 Dated: Jul, 30 1976

Goa, Daman and Diu Public Gambling Act, 1976

An act to provide for the punishment of public gambling and the keeping of common gaming houses in the Union territory of Goa, Daman and Diu. Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of Goa, Daman and Diu in the Twenty- -seventh Year of the Republic of India as follows:—

1. Short title, extent and commencement.— (1) This Act may be called the Goa, Daman and Diu Public Gambling Act, 1976.

(2) It extends to the whole of the Union territory of Goa, Daman and Diu.

(3) It shall come into force at once.

2. Definitions.— In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,—

(1) “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, or 

(f) on the wagering or betting on the digits of a numerical figure arrived at by manipulation in any manner whatsoever, or on the order of the digits, or on the digits themselves or on pictorial representations,

any house, room or any place whatsoever in which such gaming takes place or in which instruments of gaming are kept or used for such gaming;