Section 8
Instigating, promoting, or facilitating gaming in public
of Common Gaming Houses Act 1953
Any person who instigates, promotes or intentionally facilitates the commission of an offence punishable under section 7 shall be guilty of an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a *fine of not less than twenty thousand ringgit and not more than two hundred thousand ringgit and shall also be punished with imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years.
(2)
Any person who—
(a)
erects, maintains, or controls, or assists to erect, maintain, or control, any hut, shed, tent, or other building or shelter whatsoever wherein an offence punishable under section 7 is committed;
(b)
brings to, or has in his possession at or near, a place where such an offence as aforesaid is committed any instruments or appliances for gaming; or
(c)
keeps watch in order to warn, or warns, persons committing such an offence as aforesaid of risk of detection, shall be presumed, until the contrary is proved, to have promoted the commission of an offence punishable under section 7.
(3)
A person shall not by reason only of the fact that he has committed an offence punishable under section 7 be liable to be convicted of an offence under this section.
*NOTE—Previously “Imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to a fine not exceeding twenty thousand ringgit or to both”–see the Common Gaming Houses (Amendment) Act 1990
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