Clause 14

The following persons shall be excluded from entering or remaining, or taking part in any gaming, on any casino premises:

a person who is on any social assistance programme funded by the Government or any statutory body;

an undischarged bankrupt;

a person who has made a voluntary application in the prescribed form and manner to the Council to be excluded from entering or remaining, or taking part in any gaming, on any casino premises.(2) A person referred to in subsection (1)(a) or (b) shall be excluded from entering or remaining, or taking part in any gaming, on any casino premises for so long as the circumstances in subsection (1)(a) or (b) exist in relation to that person.(3) A person referred to in subsection (1)(c) shall be excluded from entering or remaining, or taking part in any gaming, on any casino premises until such time as the person notifies the Council in the prescribed form and manner that he wishes to cease to be so excluded.(4) The Council shall establish, maintain and regularly update a list that sets out the names and particulars of persons for the time being excluded from the casino premises under subsection (1), and shall furnish the list to the following persons:

the Authority;

the Commissioner of Police; and

every casino operator.(5) Upon being satisfied that any person whose name is on the list of excluded persons has ceased to be on a social assistance programme referred to in subsection (1)(a) or has ceased to be an undischarged bankrupt, or upon receiving a notice under subsection (3) from any such person, the Council shall —

remove the name and particulars of the person from the list of excluded persons; and (b)notify the persons referred to in subsection (4)(a), (b) and (c) of the removal.(6) Without prejudice to subsection (5), the Council may, from time to time, vary or update the list of excluded persons —

to correct any clerical or other error in the names or particulars therein;

to include the names and particulars of new persons excluded from any casino premises under subsection (1); or (c)to update any of the names or particulars therein in order that they remain sufficient to identify any excluded person,and the Council shall notify the persons referred to in subsection (4)(a), (b) and (c) of those variations and updates. (7) It shall be a defence to disciplinary action for a contravention of section 126(1) by permitting a person referred to in subsection (1) to enter or remain on the casino premises if it is proved that —

before the person entered the casino premises or while the person was on the casino premises, there was produced to the casino operator or to its agent or employee proof of the person’s identity; and

at that time, the person’s name and particulars were not on the list of excluded persons furnished by the Council to the casino operator.(8) It shall be lawful for the person for the time being in charge of a casino, an agent of the casino operator or a casino employee to refuse entry to, or remove or cause to be removed from the casino premises using no more force than is reasonably necessary, any person whose name and particulars are at that time on the list of excluded persons furnished by the Council to the casino operator.(9) In this section, “list of excluded persons” means the list established and maintained under subsection (4) and includes that list as varied or updated from time to time in accordance with subsection (5) or (6).”.