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Laws
Betting Act 1960
s 1

In force2020 Revised EditionCurrent version · 2020 Revised EditionSee versions on Singapore Statutes Online(opens the publisher’s site)

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Betting Act 1960

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1Short title
2Interpretation
2AAct not applicable to remote gambling
3Offences relating to common betting houses and betting information centres
4Advancing money for conducting business of common betting house
5Betting in a common betting house
6Penalty for unlawful announcement of information on horse‑race, etc.
7Money paid recoverable
8Presumption against person accepting or receiving stakes, etc.
9Presumptions
10Court to make order for demolition of structural contrivances for facilitating betting
11Search warrant against premises used as common betting house
12Search warrant against persons in possession of betting instruments
13Arrest and search upon suspicion
14Magistrate or police officer may himself enter and search
15Evidence by police officer to be presumptive evidence
16Protection of informers from discovery
17Obstruction of police officers
18Examination of offenders
19Binding over on second conviction
20Jurisdiction of courts
21Stakes
22Exemption
23Reward to informer

Betting Act 1960 · 2020 Revised Edition

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Judgments that cite this Act

9 in all

Lim Li Ling v Public Prosecutor[2006] SGHC 184
Mohamad Fairuuz bin Saleh v Public Prosecutor[2014] SGHC 264
Lim Bee Ngan Karen v Public Prosecutor[2015] SGHC 183

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Singapore Statutes Online · Betting Act 1960, 2020 Revised Edition. Reader record updated on 2 Aug 2026.

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