Amendment to Section 4

Amendment to section 4: In the Principal Act, in section 4, for the existing section, the following shall be substituted, namely:- "4. Penalty for opening, keeping, using etc., of a common gaming house:

1. (1) Any person who opens, keeps, sets up, or otherwise permits to be used a common gaming house, or assists in conducting the business of any common gaming house or advances or furnishes money for the purpose of gaming, with or without the use of any electronic means and virtual currency, is punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to one year and with fine which may extend to five thousand rupees:
2. (2) Any person who is found gaming or present for the purpose of gaming in a common gaming house, with or without the use of any electronic means and virtual currency, is punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months and with fine which may extend to two thousand rupees: Provided that, any person found in any common gaming house during any gaming or playing therein, shall be presumed, until the contrary is proved, to have been there for the purpose of gaming."