s 6 Betting in a common betting house, and book-making
(1) Any person who bets or wagers in a common betting house, or with a bookmaker on any premises or by any means, shall be guilty of an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding five thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to both. (2) A person found in a common betting house, or found escaping therefrom on the occasion of its being entered under this Act, shall be presumed, until the contrary is proved, to be or to have been betting or wagering therein. (3) Any person whoβ (a) acts as a bookmaker in any place; (b) for the purpose of bookmaking or betting or wagering or settling bets frequents or loiters in any common betting house or in any place to which the public has or may have access; or (c) assists, by giving warning or otherwise, any person committing an offence under this Act to evade arrest or detection, 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. (4) When any person is convicted of an offence against this section all books, accounts, documents, telegrams, writings, circulars, cards or other articles used as a subject or means of betting or wagering, or in connection therewith, and all moneys or securities for money found in his possession which the Magistrate is of opinion were used or intended to be used for betting or wagering shall be declared by him to be forfeited to the Government and shall be dealt with accordingly. (5) (a) An offence against subsection (3) shall be a non-bailable, seizable offence and any person making an arrest for such an offence may seize and detain any articles liable to be forfeited. (b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the Criminal Procedure Code [Act 593] a police officer not below the rank of Inspector shall have power to release on bail a person accused of an offence against subsection (3). Penalty for publication or announcement of result of horse race 6A . (1) Any person who for the purpose of betting or wagering in contravention of this Act announces or publishes or causes to be announced or published, either orally or by means of print, writing, sign or otherwise, the result of any public lottery or horse race or other sporting event shall be guilty of an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine of not less than five thousand ringgit and not more than fifty thousand ringgit and shall also be punished with imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years. (2) Subsection (1) shall not applyβ (a) to anything published or forming part of any announcement in any newspaper relating to any horse race or the result thereof if such newspaper has been printed or published under a licence in that behalf duly issued in accordance with the Printing Presses and Publication Act 1984 [Act 301]; (b) to any lottery promoted by the Social and Welfare Services Lotteries Board, under the *Social and Welfare Services Lotteries Board Act 1950 [Act 252]; (c) subject to the provisions of any permit granted in respect thereof, to any public lottery promoted under any permit granted under the Lotteries Act 1952 [Act 288]; (d) to the Totalizator Board established under the Racing (Totalizator Board) Act 1961 [Act 494], to officers, agents and employees of such Board when acting in the course of their duties as such, and to the officers, members, agents and employees of any turf club acting as agents of such Board under section 16 of any approved scheme made under the said Act when acting in the course of their duties as such; (e) in such other circumstances and in relation to such other persons and authorities as the Minister may by order prescribe.