Malaysia legislation

Section 8

of COMMON GAMING HOUSES ACT 1953

Section 8

(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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