Public Gambling Act : PENALTY ON PERSONS ARRESTED FOR GIVING FALSE NAMES AND ADDRESSES Indian Bare Acts :

Public Gambling Act,1867

Act No : 3

Section : PENALTY ON PERSONS ARRESTED FOR GIVING FALSE NAMES AND ADDRESSES

SECTION 07: PENALTY ON PERSONS ARRESTED FOR GIVING FALSE NAMES AND ADDRESSES

If any person found in any common gaming-house entered by any Magistrate or officer of police under the provisions of this Act, upon being arrested, by any such officer or upon being brought before any Magistrate, on being required by such officer or Magistrate to give his name and address, shall refuse or neglect to give the same, or shall give any false name or address, he may upon conviction before the same or any other Magistrate be adjudged to pay any penalty not exceeding five hundred rupees, together with such costs as to such Magistrate shall appear reasonable, and on the non-payment of such penalty and costs, or in the first instance, if to such Magistrate it shall seem fit, may be imprisoned for any period not exceeding one month.