Tender of pardon to accomplice.

(1) It shall be lawful for the magistrate, before whom any person is accused of an offence under section 3 or section 4 or section 5, with a view to obtaining on the trial the evidence of the person touching any unlawful gaming, or touching anything done with reference to, or in furtherance of, any unlawful gaming or touching any act done for the purpose of preventing, obstructing or delaying the entry into any place of any magistrate or police officer authorised to make such entry, to tender a pardon to such person on condition of his making a full and true disclosure of the whole of the circumstances within his knowledge relative to the offence. (2) The provisions of Sections 337, 338 and 339A of the Code shall apply to any person to whom a pardon has been tendered under sub-section (1) as they apply to any person to whom a pardon has been tendered under those provisions.