IPC §294A → BNS §297

Keeping lottery office

ModifiedConfidence: mediumStatus: cross checkedconsolidation context(precautionary)
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Old law
IPC §294A
Keeping lottery office

2[294A. Keeping lottery office.—Whoever keeps any office or place for the purpose of drawing any lottery 3[not being 4[a State lottery] or a lottery authorised by the 5[State] Government], shall be punished punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to six months, or with fine, or with both. And whoever publishes any proposal to pay any sum, or to deliver any goods, or to do or forbear doing anything for the benefit of any person, on any event or contingency relative or applicable to the drawing of any ticket, lot, number or figure in any such lottery, shall be punished with fine which may extend to one thousand rupees.] CHAPTER XV OF OFFENCESRELATING TO RELIGION

New law
BNS §297
Keeping lottery office

(1) Whoever keeps any office or place for the purpose of drawing any lottery not being a State lottery or a lottery authorised by the State Government, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to six months, or with fine, or with both.

(2) Whoever publishes any proposal to pay any sum, or to deliver any goods, or to do or forbear from doing anything for the benefit of any person, on any event or contingency relative or applicable to the drawing of any ticket, lot, number or figure in any such lottery, shall be punished with fine which may extend to five thousand rupees.

What changedAI-inferred

IPC 294A (keeping lottery office) preserved as BNS 297 with fine cap in sub-section (2) raised 5x.

Old position

IPC 294A is concerned with Keeping lottery office. 2[294A

New position

BNS 297 modifies the framework. Topic: Keeping lottery office. Whoever keeps any office or place for the purpose of drawing any lottery not being a State lottery or a lottery authorised by the State Government, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to

BNS 297 modifies IPC 294A. IPC 294A (keeping lottery office) preserved as BNS 297 with fine cap in sub-section (2) raised 5x. BNS 297 text: Whoever keeps any office or place for the purpose of drawing any lottery not being a State lottery or a lottery authorised by the State Government, shall...

Editorial deltaAI-indicated (source-linked)

BNS 297 reproduces IPC 294A's keeping-lottery-office offence and restructures the (lottery-office vs publishing) offence into (1)/(2) sub-sections. Operative content (the State-lottery and State-Government-authorised carve-out) is preserved.

Transitional note (repeal & savings)

For matters initiated before 1 July 2024, IPC 294A continues to apply. For matters from that date forward, BNS 297 applies. The transition is governed by the repeal-and-savings clause in the new code (BNS 358 / BNSS 531 / BSA 170 as the case may be); pending proceedings under the old code carry forward unaffected.

Frequently asked

BNS 297 (Keeping lottery office). The relationship is classified as modified — see the change-note above for the textual delta.

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Newlaws.in, IPC §294A → BNS §297 Mapping Page, last updated 2026-05-01, accessed 2026-10-29, https://newlaws.in/ipc/294A.

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