PART III - OFFENCES RELATING TO THE SANCTITY OF THE RELIGION OF ISLAM AND ITS INSTITUTION
Section 17. Gambling.
(1) Any person who gambles, or is found in a gaming house, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding three thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to both.
(2) No person shall be convicted of an offence under this section for being found in a place which is a gaming house if he satisfies the Court that he did not know and could not have known that the place was a gaming house.
(3) In this section, "gaming house" means any premises, including a room, an office or a stall, whether open or enclosed, used or kept for the purpose of carrying on any game of chance or a combination of skill and chance, whether permitted by any other law or otherwise, for money or money's worth.