Singapore legislation

Section 12

of Remote Gambling Act 2014

Section 12

Unlawful employment of young person in remote gambling

(1)

A person who employs in Singapore a young person —

(a)

to provide in Singapore facilities for remote gambling by others;

(b)

to organise, manage or supervise in Singapore remote gambling by others in accordance with arrangements made by that person;

(c)

to distribute in Singapore a prize offered in remote gambling by others in accordance with arrangements made by that person;

(d)

to distribute in Singapore money or money’s worth paid or staked in remote gambling by others in accordance with arrangements made by that person;

(e)

to facilitate participation by others in remote gambling in accordance with arrangements made by that person;

(f)

to make or use in Singapore a document, device, piece of equipment or other thing for the purposes of enabling remote gambling to take place in accordance with arrangements made by that person;

(g)

to promote in Singapore remote gambling by others; or

(h)

to directly assist in any activity referred to in paragraph (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f) or (g),shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine of not less than $20,000 and not more than $300,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 years or to both.

(2)

For the purposes of subsection (1) —

(a)

the conduct of a young person mentioned in subsection (1)(a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g) or (h) includes an act done or an omission made partly inside and partly outside Singapore; and

(b)

it does not matter whether the remote gambling mentioned in that subsection is done partly inside and partly outside Singapore.

(3)

A reference in subsection (1) to employing a young person includes, in particular, a reference —

(a)

to employing or engaging the young person whether or not under a contract of employment; and

(b)

to causing or permitting the young person to be employed or engaged.

(4)

An offence under subsection (1) is an arrestable offence.