Singapore legislation
Section 15
Section 15
Powers of inspectors
(1)
An inspector may do any one or more of the following:
require any person in possession of, or having control of, any machinery, equipment, record or other thing relating to the operations of a casino to produce the machinery, equipment, record or other thing for inspection and to answer questions or provide information relating to the machinery, equipment, record or other thing; (b)inspect any machinery, equipment, record or other thing referred to in paragraph (a) and take copies of, extracts from, or notes relating to, such record; (c)if the inspector considers it necessary to do so for the purpose of obtaining evidence of the contravention of any provision of this Act, seize any machinery, equipment, record or other thing;
stop any game conducted in a casino;
by written notice require —
the holder of any casino licence, special employee licence, international market agent licence, international market agent representative licence or other authorisation under this Act; (ii)an employee of a person referred to in sub‑paragraph (i); or
any other person associated with operations or their management in premises the inspector is authorised to enter,to attend before the inspector at a specified time and place and to answer questions, or to provide information within a reasonable period specified in the notice, with respect to any activity regulated by this Act;
examine and test any machinery, equipment or other thing referred to in paragraph (a) and order the person in charge of it to withdraw it from use if it is unsatisfactory for use;
investigate any complaint from a patron of a casino relating to the conduct of any activity regulated by this Act;
any other thing authorised by this Act to be done by an inspector.
(2)
If an inspector seizes any thing under this section, it may be retained by the inspector until the completion of any proceedings (including proceedings on appeal) in which it may be evidence but, in the case of records, the person from whom the records were seized must be permitted to inspect and make copies of the records.
(3)
Subsection (2) ceases to have effect in relation to things seized if, on the application of a person aggrieved by the seizure, the court in which proceedings referred to in that subsection are instituted so orders.