Singapore legislation

Clause 6

of Singapore Totalisator Board (Amendment) Bill

Clause 6

Related amendments to Betting Act

The Betting Act (Cap. 21) is amended —

(a)

by inserting, immediately after the word “employees” in the definition of “bookmaker” in section 2(1), the words “or any other person or organisation”; and

(b)

by deleting subsection (1) of section 22 and substituting the following subsection:“(1) The Minister may, by notification in the Gazette, either generally or in any particular case and subject to such conditions as he may impose, exempt from all or any of the provisions of this Act —

(a)

the members and officers of any racing club or association in respect of any totalisator or pari-mutuel betting or any other system or method of cash or credit betting held, promoted, organised, administered or operated by the racing club or association where the betting takes place under the control or supervision of one or more officers of that racing club or association; or

(b)

any other person or organisation in respect of any system or method of cash or credit betting held, promoted, organised, administered or operated by the person or organisation where the betting takes place under the control or supervision of that person or organisation.”.