(1) On and from the appointed day, no local online games provider shall provide any service for the conduct of any online game except in accordance with the certificate of registration duly obtained from the Authority.
(2) Every local online games provider providing any service for the conduct of any online game, immediately before the appointed day, may continue to provide such service, subject to the general prohibitions contained in Chapter III of this Act, for a period not exceeding ninety days from the appointed day:
Provided that such local online games provider applies for registration under this section within a period of thirty days from the appointed day.
(3) Every application for registration shall be made to the Authority in such form along with such fee as may be prescribed.
(4) On receipt of an application under sub-section (3), the Authority may, after making such enquiry as it deems necessary, either issue or refuse to issue a certificate of registration:
Provided that no application for issue of certificate of registration shall be refused, unless a reasonable opportunity of being heard is given to the applicant.
(5) Every certificate of registration shall be issued in such form as may be prescribed, subject to the following conditions, namely:—
(a) The online games provider shall not provide, any online gambling service or allow playing of any online game of chance specified in the Schedule, with money or other stakes;
(b) The online games provider shall neither allow nor cause to be allowed to play any online game in contravention of the regulations.
(6) The certificate of registration issued under sub-section (5) shall be valid for a period of three years.