BNS Section 297: Keeping lottery office
Equivalent Legacy Law: IPC Section N/A
Procedural Classification Summary
Keeping a lottery office
Bailable: Bailable (Bail is a legal right — granted at police station)
Cognizable: Non-cognizable (Police cannot arrest without warrant)
Triable by: Any Magistrate
Punishment: Imprisonment for6 months, or fine, or both
Publishing proposals
Bailable: Bailable (Bail is a legal right — granted at police station)
Cognizable: Non-cognizable (Police cannot arrest without warrant)
Triable by: Any Magistrate
Punishment: Fine of 5,000 rupees.relating to lotteries
Official Legal Provision / Summary
No specific renumbering changes. Section included as is.