Singapore legislation
Section 171
Section 171
Possession, use, etc., of certain things prohibited
(1)
A person must not use any device for the purpose of enabling the person or some other person to count or otherwise record cards dealt in the course of gaming in the casino.
(2)
A person must not, whether in a casino or elsewhere —
use as genuine chips that the person knows or has reason to believe to be counterfeit chips;
have in the person’s possession chips that the person knows or has reason to believe to be counterfeit chips, intending that the same may be used as genuine; or
sell, buy or otherwise deal in chips that the person knows or has reason to believe to be counterfeit chips, intending that the same may be used as genuine.
(3)
A person must not, in any casino or within any designated site, use or have in the person’s possession or under the person’s control —
any device, machine, implement or other material —
for the purpose of counterfeiting chips, or knowing or having reason to believe that the same is intended to be used for that purpose; or
that the person knows or has reason to believe is or has been specially designed or adapted for the making of counterfeit chips;
cards, dice or coins that the person knows or has reason to believe have been marked, loaded or tampered with;
any equipment, device or thing that permits or facilitates cheating or stealing; or
such other thing as may be prescribed.
(4)
A person must not, in any place outside a designated site, have in the person’s possession or under the person’s control any of the things in subsection (3)(a) to (d) —
knowing or having reason to believe that the device, machine, implement or material is or has been specially designed or adapted for the making of counterfeit chips; and
with the intention that the person or someone else will use the device, machine, implement or material to make counterfeit chips.
(5)
Any person who contravenes subsection (1), (2), (3) or (4) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction —
in the case of an individual, to a fine not exceeding $150,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 7 years or to both; or
in the case of a corporation, to a fine not exceeding $300,000.
(6)
Subsection (2) or (3) does not prohibit the possession in a casino of any thing referred to in that subsection by a person in charge of the casino, an agent of the casino operator, a casino employee, an inspector, or a police officer, if that thing has been seized by any of those persons from another person for use as evidence in proceedings for an offence.