The Haryana Prevention of Public Gambling Act, 2025
The Haryana Prevention of Public Gambling Act, 2025
The Haryana Prevention of Public Gambling Act, 2025, is a comprehensive legislative framework designed to curb gambling, betting, and match-fixing activities within the state of Haryana. It replaces the outdated colonial-era Public Gambling Act of 1867. The Act strictly prohibits public gambling, the operation of gambling houses, and any form of match-fixing or spot-fixing in sports. It applies to all individuals within the state, including those using digital platforms or electronic communication for betting. By granting police enhanced powers to search, seize, and arrest without warrants, the Act aims to dismantle organized gambling syndicates and protect the integrity of sporting events.
- 1. Short title, extent and commencement
- 2. Definitions
- 3. Penalty for gambling
- 4. Penalty for owning or keeping or having charge of a common gambling house
- 5. Penalty for match fixing and spot fixing in sports
- 6. Penalty for abetment
- 7. Penalty for being a member of an organized gambling syndicate
- 8. Penalty for giving false identity and address
- 9. Power to authorize police officer to enter, search and seize
- 10. Presumption with regard to seizure of instrument of gambling
- 11. Disposal of instrument of gambling
- 12. Attachment, forfeiture or restoration of property
- 13. Witness indemnified
- 14. Recovery of fine
- 15. Protection of action taken in good faith
- 16. Non-applicability of Act
- 17. Power to remove difficulties
- 18. Repeal and savings
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