Singapore legislation
Clause 56
Clause 56
Amendment of section 128
Section 128 of the principal Act is amended —
by deleting paragraph (a) of subsection (1) and substituting the following paragraphs:“(a)subject to an exclusion order under section 120, 121 or 122;
(aa)subject to a family exclusion order, provisional family exclusion order or exclusion order under Part X or excluded under section 165A; or”;
by inserting, immediately after the words “determined by” in subsection (5), the words “an inspector or”; and
by inserting, immediately after subsection (5), the following subsections:“(6) Where an inspector or authorised person investigating the amount of winnings under subsection (5) reasonably believes that the winnings of a person to whom this section applies are in that person’s clothing or personal effects, the inspector or authorised person may —
search the clothing, baggage or other personal effects of that person, and seize any money or chips found on that person or in his clothing, baggage or personal effects, as the case may be; and
apply any money or chips so found towards the payment of the amount of winnings determined under subsection (5) to be forfeited, and the surplus, if any, to be returned to that person.(7) Nothing in subsection (6) shall authorise any inspector or authorised person to remove, or require a person to remove, any of the person’s clothing, and a search of a person’s clothing being worn by the person may only be done by an inspector or authorised person of the same sex as the person.”.