Singapore legislation

Section 9

of Remote Gambling Act 2014

Section 9

Providing unlawful remote gambling service for another

(1)

A person (called an agent) who, inside or outside Singapore —

(a)

organises, manages or supervises remote gambling by others in accordance with arrangements made by a principal of the agent, which may include —

(i)

inviting others to gamble using remote communication in accordance with those arrangements; or

(ii)

placing, making, receiving or accepting bets using remote communication in accordance with those arrangements;

(b)

distributes a prize offered in remote gambling by others in accordance with arrangements made by a principal of the agent;

(c)

distributes money or money’s worth paid or staked by others in remote gambling in accordance with arrangements made by a principal of the agent;

(d)

facilitates participation by others in remote gambling in accordance with arrangements made by a principal of the agent, which may include allowing a person to participate in such remote gambling; or

(e)

assists in any conduct described in paragraph (a), (b), (c) or (d),and as a result facilitates one or more individuals to commit an offence under section 8, 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 $200,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 5 years or to both.

(2)

A person who, in Singapore —

(a)

organises, manages or supervises remote gambling by others in accordance with arrangements made by a principal of the agent, which may include —

(i)

inviting others to gamble using remote communication in accordance with those arrangements; or

(ii)

placing, making, receiving or accepting bets using remote communication in accordance with those arrangements;

(b)

distributes a prize offered in remote gambling by others in accordance with arrangements made by a principal of the agent;

(c)

distributes money or money’s worth paid or staked by others in remote gambling in accordance with arrangements made by a principal of the agent;

(d)

facilitates participation by others in remote gambling in accordance with arrangements made by a principal of the agent, which may include allowing a person to participate in such remote gambling; or

(e)

assists in any conduct described in paragraph (a), (b), (c) or (d),and as a result facilitates one or more individuals outside Singapore to gamble using remote communication, 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 $200,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 5 years or to both.

(3)

On the trial of any person (called the accused) for an offence under subsection (1), it is not necessary for the prosecution to prove the identity of any particular individual facilitated by the accused to gamble in Singapore in contravention of section 8 if —

(a)

the remote gambling transactions are carried out by anyone using equipment or facilities provided by the accused; and

(b)

those facilities are accessed, or are available for access, by end users in Singapore.

(4)

It does not matter whether the conduct referred to in subsection (1) or (2) is done or made partly inside and partly outside Singapore provided that that conduct, if done or made wholly in Singapore, would constitute an offence under subsection (1) or (2), as the case may be.

(5)

For the purposes of subsections (1) and (2), a reference to a principal of a person includes —

(a)

a reference to the employer of the person; and

(b)

a reference to the principal or employer of the person’s principal or employer, and so on.

(6)

An offence under subsection (1) or (2) is an arrestable offence.

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