Singapore legislation

Clause 2

of Casino Control (Amendment) Bill

Clause 2

Amendment of section 2

Section 2(1) of the Casino Control Act (referred to in this Act as the principal Act) is amended —

(a)

by deleting the words “in any order published” in the definition of “casino”;

(b)

by inserting, immediately after the definition of “casino licence”, the following definition:“ “casino marketing arrangement” means an arrangement whereby a person organises, promotes or facilitates the playing of any game in a casino by one or more patrons, for which the first-mentioned person receives from the casino operator or from the person for the time being in charge of the casino —

(a)

a commission based on the turnover of play in the casino attributable to the patron or patrons or otherwise derived from the play of the patron or patrons;

(b)

a share of the casino operator’s gross gaming revenue from the patron or patrons; or

(c)

such other form of payment or rebate, monetary or otherwise, as may be prescribed;”;

(c)

by inserting, immediately after the definition of “Chief Executive”, the following definition:“ “chip purchase voucher” means a voucher issued by a casino operator to a patron named in the voucher entitling the patron to be issued with chips of an equivalent value to that specified in the voucher;”;

(d)

by inserting, immediately after the definition of “chips”, the following definition:“ “Comptroller” means the Comptroller of Income Tax appointed under section 3(1) of the Income Tax Act (Cap. 134) and includes, for all purposes of this Act except the exercise of the powers conferred on the Comptroller by sections 146A(2) and 152, a Deputy Comptroller or an Assistant Comptroller appointed under section 3(1) of the Income Tax Act;”;

(e)

by inserting, immediately after the definition of “designated site”, the following definition:“ “Development Agreement” means an agreement in writing by a statutory body to lease a designated site to a person (referred to hereinafter as the lessee) for the development of an integrated resort thereon by the lessee on the terms and conditions stated in the agreement, and includes any supplemental agreement or other document amplifying or modifying those terms and conditions;”;

(f)

by inserting, immediately after the definition of “electronic monitoring system”, the following definition:“ “electronic table game” means a gaming machine used for the purpose of playing a game traditionally played at tables, and includes any electronic device through which bets may be placed on a game played at a table;”;

(g)

by inserting, immediately after the words “a family exclusion order” in paragraph (b) of the definition of “excluded person”, the words “, provisional family exclusion order”;

(h)

by deleting the word “or” at the end of paragraph (b) of the definition of “excluded person”;

(i)

by inserting, at the end of paragraph (c) of the definition of “excluded person”, the word “or”, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following paragraph:“(d)section 165D for the remainder of any month by reason of his having made the maximum number of visits to any casino for the month as specified by a visit limit imposed on him;”;

(j)

by inserting, immediately after the definition of “inspector”, the following definitions:“ “integrated resort” means a development comprising hotel, retail, dining, entertainment, recreation and other facilities, and of which a casino may be a part;“international market agent” means a person, other than an employee of a casino operator, who performs any of the functions specified in section 110A(2) in relation to one or more casino marketing arrangements;“international market agent licence” means a licence issued by the Authority to an international market agent under section 110B;“international market agent representative” means an individual who is employed by an international market agent to organise, promote or conduct a casino marketing arrangement on behalf of the international market agent;“international market agent representative licence” means a licence issued by the Authority to an international market agent representative under section 110B;”;

(k)

by deleting the definitions of “junket”, “junket player” and “junket promoter”;

(l)

by inserting, immediately after the definition of “linked jackpot equipment”, the following definition:“ “match play coupon” means a coupon issued by a casino operator to a patron which, when presented by the patron together with chips in any wager, augments the patron’s wager according to a ratio, percentage or value specified in the coupon;”;

(m)

by inserting, immediately after the words “except in” in the definition of “Minister”, the words “section 45A and”;

(n)

by inserting, immediately after the words “in the designated site” in the definition of “owner”, the words “or, if no one has been registered in the land-register, the person who has entered into a Development Agreement to lease the designated site”;

(o)

by deleting the definition of “premium player” and substituting the following definition:“ “premium player” means a patron of a casino who opens a deposit account with the casino operator with a credit balance of not less than $100,000, where —

(a)

the deposit is in such form as may be prescribed;

(b)

the period during which the credit balance in the deposit account is below $100,000 does not exceed such period as may be prescribed; and

(c)

the deposit account fulfils such other conditions as may be prescribed;”; and

(p)

by inserting, immediately after the word “person” in the definition of “special employee”, the words “, whether or not an employee of a casino operator,”.