BNS 297 — Keeping lottery office.

Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023

Statutory text

297. (1)  Whoever  keeps  any  office  or  place  for  the  purpose  of
drawing any lottery not being a State lottery or a lottery authorised by the
State   Government,   shall   be   punished   with   imprisonment   of   either
description for a term which may extend to six months, or with fine, or with
both.
(2)  Whoever  publishes  any  proposal  to  pay  any  sum,  or  to  deliver
any goods, or to do or forbear from doing anything for the benefit of any
person, on any event or contingency relative or applicable to the drawing
of any ticket, lot, number or figure in any such lottery, shall be punished
with fine which may extend to five thousand rupees.

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