Singapore legislation

Clause 34

of Casino Control (Amendment) Bill

Clause 34

Amendment of section 108

In the principal Act, in section 108 —

(a)

replace subsection (1) with —“(1) Except to the extent permitted by this section and regulations made under section 200, the following transactions in connection with any casino gambling are prohibited:

(a)

accepting a wager made otherwise than by means of money or casino chips (with or without match play coupons);

(b)

lending money or any valuable thing;

(c)

providing money, casino chips or match play coupons on credit, including as part of a transaction involving a credit card;

(d)

extending any other form of credit as may be prescribed.”;

(b)

delete subsections (2) to (6);

(c)

in subsections (7) and (8), replace “provide chips on credit” with “provide credit for the purposes of casino gambling”;

(d)

in subsection (10)(a), delete “, (6)”;

(e)

in subsection (14)(a), replace “chips on credit to persons other than as permitted in subsection (7) or (8)” with “credit for the purposes of casino gambling, other than as permitted in subsection (7) or (8) read with subsection (9),”; and

(f)

delete subsection (15).