Singapore legislation

Clause 6

of Common Gaming Houses (Amendment) Bill

Clause 6

Amendment of section 7

Section 7 of the principal Act is amended —

(a)

by deleting the words “to a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to both such fine and imprisonment” in subsection (2) and substituting the words “to a fine not exceeding $5,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both”;

(b)

by deleting the words “to a fine not exceeding six thousand dollars or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years or to both such fine and imprisonment” in subsection (3) and substituting the words “to a fine of not less than $20,000 and not more than $200,000 and shall also be punished with imprisonment for a term not exceeding 5 years”; and

(c)

by deleting the words “to a fine not exceeding six thousand dollars or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years or to both such fine and imprisonment” in subsection (4) and substituting the words “to a fine of not less than $20,000 and not more than $200,000 and shall also be punished with imprisonment for a term not exceeding 5 years”.