Singapore legislation

Clause 77

of Casino Control (Amendment) Bill

Clause 77

Amendment of section 168

In the principal Act, in section 168 —

(a)

in subsection (1), replace “establish, maintain and regularly update” with “establish and maintain”;

(b)

in subsection (1), delete “(called collectively in this section excluded persons under this Part)”;

(c)

in subsection (1), replace paragraph (a) with —“(a)the person against whom a family exclusion order, a provisional family exclusion order or a third party exclusion order is made;

(aa)subject to exclusion under section 165A;

(ab)subject to self‑exclusion;”;

(d)

after subsection (1), insert —“(1A) The list of excluded persons must also set out, in relation to each person, which of the following applies to the person due to the person’s status under subsection (1)(a), (aa), (ab), (b), (c) or (d):

(a)

the person is banned or excluded from entering or remaining on, or taking part in any casino gambling or promotional game on, all casino premises;

(b)

the person is banned or excluded from entering or remaining in, or taking part in any playing of a gaming machine in, all gaming machine rooms (except entering or remaining in any gaming machine room to perform defined work within the room);

(c)

the person is banned or excluded from engaging in all manner of general remote gambling.”;

(e)

replace subsections (3), (4) and (5) with —“(3) The Council must provide or make available the list of excluded persons to the Authority and the Commissioner of Police.(3A) The Council must provide or make available without charge —

(a)

a list of all casino-excluded persons to every casino operator;

(b)

a list of all persons who are banned or excluded from entering or remaining in, or taking part in any playing of a gaming machine in, all gaming machine rooms to every gambling operator who is authorised by a licence under the Gambling Control Act 2022 to conduct gaming involving gaming machines installed in a gaming machine room; and

(c)

a list of all persons who are banned or excluded from engaging in all manner of general remote gambling to every gambling operator who is authorised by a licence under the Gambling Control Act 2022 to provide facilities for general remote gambling.(4) Upon —

(a)

the taking effect, cessation, revocation, setting aside, variation or substitution of any family exclusion order, provisional family exclusion order or third party exclusion order;

(b)

the taking effect or cessation of any exclusion under section 165A;

(c)

the taking effect or revocation of any self‑exclusion;

(d)

the taking effect or cessation of any ban under section 165D(a) or (b), respectively;

(e)

the taking effect, lapsing or revocation of any exclusion order made under section 121(1) or 122(1); or

(f)

the taking effect, lapsing or cancelling of an entry ban made under section 79 of the Gambling Control Act 2022,the Council must, as soon as is practicable, update the list of excluded persons so as to keep the list of excluded persons as accurate as possible at every point of time.(5) Without affecting subsection (4), the Council may vary or update the list of excluded persons —

(a)

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

(b)

to update any of the names or particulars in the list in order that they remain sufficient to identify any excluded person.(5A) When any variation or update has been made to the list of excluded persons, the Council must, as soon as is practicable —

(a)

provide or make available the varied or updated list of excluded persons to the Authority and the Commissioner of Police; and

(b)

provide or make available, without charge, the varied or updated version of the respective list given to every casino operator and gambling operator under subsection (3A).”;

(f)

in subsection (6), replace “an excluded person under this Part” with “a casino‑excluded person”;

(g)

in subsection (6)(b), replace “furnished by the Council to the casino operator” with “provided or made available by the Council to the casino operator under subsection (3A)(a)”; and

(h)

in subsection (7), replace “furnished or notified by the Council to the casino operator” with “provided or made available by the Council to the casino operator under subsection (3A)(a)”.