Penalty for owning or keeping, or having charge of, a gaming-house

Penalty for owning or keeping, or having charge of, a gaming-house. Whoever, being the owner or occupier, or having the use, of any house, walled enclosure, room, tent, space, vehicle, vessel or place, situate within the limits to which this Act applies, keeps or uses the same as a common gaming-house; and whoever, being the owner or occupier of any such house, walled enclosure, room, tent, space, vehicle, vessel or place as aforesaid, knowingly or wilfully permits the same to be used or kept by any other person as a common gaming-house; and whoever has the care or management of, or in any manner assists in conducting, the business of any house, walled enclosure, room, tent, space, vehicle, vessel or place as aforesaid, kept or used for the purpose aforesaid; and whoever advances or furnishes money for the purpose of gaming with persons frequenting such house, walled enclosure, room, tent, space, vehicle, vessel or place; shall be liable to a fine not exceeding [seven hundred] rupees, or to imprisonment of either description, as defined in the Ranbir Penal Code, for any term not exceeding three months.