9. Instruments of gaming may be ordered to be destroyed on conviction. – On conviction of any person for keeping a common gaming-house or being present therein for the purpose of gaming, all the instruments of gaming found therein may be destroyed by the order of the Magistrate, and such Magistrate may order all or any of the other articles seized, or the proceeds thereof, to be forfeited.
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Section 1 · Short title, extent and commencement.Section 2 · Definitions.Section 3 · Penalty for opening etc., of any house etc., for certain forms of gaming.Section 4 · Power to grant warrant to enter a common gaming house.Section 5 · Cards, dice, etc., found in search under last section to be evidence that place is a common gaming house.Section 6 · Proof of playing for stakes unnecessary.Section 7 · Penalty for opening etc., a common gaming-house.Section 8 · Penalty for being found gaming in a common gaming-house.India Code, Government of India. Text fetched 12 Oct 2026. Check the linked official text and subsequent notifications when applying a provision.