Singapore legislation
Clause 46
Clause 46
Amendment of section 139
In the principal Act, in section 139 —
in subsection (1), replace paragraphs (b) and (c) with —“(b)when the casino operator enters into a transaction involving the payment of $4,000 or more (whether or not in cash) in a single transaction to a patron or to any person acting on behalf of a patron;
when the casino operator receives a sum of $4,000 or more (whether or not in cash) in a single transaction from, or on behalf of, a patron;”;
in subsection (2), replace “transaction for any patron account, or with any cash transaction or deposit, as the case may be” with “transaction referred to in subsection (1), and must consider whether to make a suspicious transaction report”;
in subsection (2)(b), after “patron in question”, insert “or any person acting on behalf of the patron”;
in subsection (2)(b), replace “withdraw the cash transaction or deposit” with “stop the transaction in question”;
in subsection (5), after “In this section”, insert “and section 139A”;
in subsection (5), in the definition of “patron”, in paragraph (a), after “casino operator”, insert “in the person’s own behalf”;
in subsection (5), in the definition of “patron”, replace paragraph (b) with —“(b)is involved in any transaction with a casino operator involving the receipt or payment of funds by the person from or to a casino operator, in the person’s own behalf,”;
in subsection (5), in the definition of “patron account”, replace “opened by or on behalf of a patron with a casino operator.” with “established by a casino operator for a patron;”; and
in subsection (5), after the definition of “patron account”, insert —“ “suspicious transaction report” means a disclosure under section 45(1) of the Corruption, Drug Trafficking and Other Serious Crimes (Confiscation of Benefits) Act 1992 or section 8 or 10 of the Terrorism (Suppression of Financing) Act 2002.”.