Clause 2

by inserting, immediately after the definition of “access”, the following definition:“ “betting information centre” means any place kept or used for receiving or transmitting by telephone or other means any information relating to any horse-race or other sporting event for the purpose of betting or wagering in contravention of this Act;”;

by deleting paragraph (a) of the definition of “common betting-house” and substituting the following paragraph:“(a)any place kept or used for betting or wagering on any event or contingency of or relating to any horse-race or other sporting event to which the public or any class of the public has or may have access;”;

by inserting, immediately after the definition of “common betting-house”, the following definition:“ “equipment” has the same meaning as in the Telecommunication Authority of Singapore Act 1982 (Act 19 of 1982);”; and

by deleting the full-stop at the end of the definition of “runner” and substituting a semi-colon, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following definitions:“ “sporting event” includes any race, fight, game, sport or exercise;“telecommunication system” has the same meaning as in the Telecommunication Authority of Singapore Act 1982 (Act 19 of 1982).”.