Whoever keeps any office or place for the purpose of drawing any lottery 2[not being 3[a State lottery] or a lottery authorised by the 4[State] Government], shall be punished punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to six months, or with fine, or with both.
And whoever publishes any proposal to pay any sum, or to deliver any
goods, or to do or forbear 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 one thousand rupees.]
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1. Ins. by Act 27 of 1870, s. 10.
2. Subs. by the A. O. 1937, for "not authorized by Government".
3. Subs. by Act 3 of 1951, s. 3 and the Sch., for "a lottery organized by the Central Government or the Government of a Part A State or a Part B State".
4. Subs. by the A. O. 1950, for "Provincial."
Section 288 Negligent conduct with respect to pulling down or repairing buildings
Section 289 Negligent conduct with respect to animal
Section 290 Punishment for public nuisance in cases not otherwise provided for
Section 291 Continuance of nuisance after injunction to discontinue
Section 292 Sale, etc., of obscene books, etc.
Section 293 Sale, etc., of obscene objects to young person
Section 294 Obscene acts and songs
Section 294A Keeping lottery office
Section 295 Injuring or defiling place of worship, with intent to insult the religion of any class
Section 296 Disturbing religious assembly
Section 297 Trespassing on burial places, etc
Section 298 Uttering words, etc., with deliberate intent to wound the religious feelings