Provided that the punishment under clause (b) shall not be less than imprisonment of either description for six months.

Exemption of games of mere skill Nothing in this Act shall apply to any game of mere skill wherever played.

10. Repeal and savings

1. (1) The Public Gambling (Punjab Amendment) Act, 1929 (10 of 1929) and the Public Gambling (Punjab Amendment) Act, 1960 (9 of 1960), as in force in the areas added to Himachal Pradesh under section 5 of the Punjab Re-organisation Act, 1966 (31 of 1966) are hereby repealed: Provided that the repeal shall not affect,—
   • (a) the previous operation of the Acts so repealed or anything duly done or suffered thereunder, or
   • (b) any right, privilege, obligation or liability acquired, accrued or incurred under the Acts so repealed, or
   • (c) any penalty, forfeiture or punishment in respect of any offence committed against the Acts so repealed, or
   • (d) any investigation, legal proceeding or remedy in respect of any such right, privilege, obligation, liability, penalty, forfeiture or punishment as aforesaid; and any such investigation, legal proceeding or remedy may be instituted, continued or enforced, and any such penalty, forefeiture or punishment may be imposed as if this Act had not been passed.
2. (2) Subject to the provisions of the proviso to sub-section
3. (1) anything done or any action taken under the Acts repealed by sub-section
4. (1) shall, in so far as it is not inconsistent therewith, be deemed to have been done or taken under the corresponding provisions of the principal Act as amended by this Act and shall continue to be in force accordingly, unless and until superseded by anything done or any action taken under the principal Act as so amended.