The Uttar Pradesh Government is expected to make more stringent laws for gambling in public places. The State Law Commission has not only made the Public Gambling Act enacted during the British era stricter but also put online gambling and various forms of betting in the category of non-bailable offences.
After studying the laws of several states, the draft of Uttar Pradesh Public Gambling (Prevention) Bill has been prepared under the chairmanship of a commission led by Justice A N Mittal. A draft scripted by the Commission was submitted to Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday. It is believed that the state government would soon implement its own law across the state with regards to gambling.
The State Law Commission in its draft has recommended to increase the amount of fine along with the provision of maximum punishment of three years. The special component is that the draft of this new law has been made keeping in mind the fast growing habit of online gambling in the last decade.