Singapore legislation

Clause 91

of Casino Control (Amendment) Bill

Clause 91

Repeal and re-enactment of section 168

Section 168 of the principal Act is repealed and the following section substituted therefor:“List of excluded persons168.—

(1)

The Council shall establish, maintain and regularly update a list of excluded persons which sets out the names and particulars of every person (referred to collectively in this section as excluded persons under this Part) who, for the time being is —

(a)

excluded from any casino premises by a family exclusion order, a provisional family exclusion order or an exclusion order, or subject to exclusion or self‑exclusion under section 165A; or

(b)

excluded under section 165D from any casino premises by reason of having made the maximum number of visits to any casino specified by a visit limit made against him for the month.(2) For the purposes of maintaining the list of excluded persons referred to in subsection (1)(b), the Council may, by notice in writing, require a casino operator to furnish any information or produce any document or record in the possession or under the control of the casino operator relating to the number of visits made by any person to the casino.(3) The Council shall furnish the list of excluded persons to —

(a)

the Authority;

(b)

the Commissioner of Police; and

(c)

every casino operator.(4) Upon —

(a)

the cessation, revocation or setting aside of any family exclusion order, provisional family exclusion order, exclusion order or visit limit made against any person whose name is on the list of excluded persons;

(b)

the cessation of any exclusion or self-exclusion under section 165A, or revocation of any visit limit under section 165B, against any person whose name is on the list of excluded persons; or

(c)

the cessation of any exclusion under section 165D(b),the Council shall —

(i)

remove the name and particulars of the person from the list of excluded persons; and

(ii)

notify the persons referred to in subsection (3)(a), (b) and (c) of the removal.(5) Without prejudice to subsection (4), the Council may, from time to time, vary or update the list of excluded persons —

(a)

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

(b)

to add the names and particulars of new persons to the list; 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 (3)(a), (b) and (c) of those variations and updates.(6) It shall be a defence to any disciplinary action against a casino operator for a contravention of section 126(1) by permitting an excluded person under this Part to enter or remain on the casino premises if it is proved that —

(a)

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

(b)

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.(7) 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 or notified by the Council to the casino operator.”.