Singapore legislation
Clause 93
Clause 93
Consequential and related amendments to Gambling Control Act 2022
In the Gambling Control Act 2022 —
in section 3(1), replace the definition of “casino gambling” with —“ “casino gambling” has the meaning given by section 2(1) of the Casino Control Act 2006;”;
in section 3(1), replace the definition of “excluded person” with —“ “excluded person” means an individual who is subject to —
a family exclusion order, provisional family exclusion order or third party exclusion order made under Part 10 of the Casino Control Act 2006 against the individual;
section 165A of the Casino Control Act 2006;
self-exclusion under section 165AA of the Casino Control Act 2006; or
an entry ban made against the individual;”;
in section 3(1), replace the definition of “gambling ban” with —“ “gambling ban”, in relation to an individual, means —
a family exclusion order, provisional family exclusion order or third party exclusion order made under Part 10 of the Casino Control Act 2006 against the individual;
section 165A of the Casino Control Act 2006 where applicable to the individual; or
an entry ban made against the individual;”;
in section 18(1)(f), replace “an employee thereof” with “an individual conducting it on the person’s behalf”;
in section 82(1) and (2)(b), replace “section 165A(1)(c)” with “section 165AA”;
in sections 82(3)(b) and 83(1), after “NCPG to the licensee”, insert “under section 168(3A)(b) of the Casino Control Act 2006”;
in section 84(1), after “section 31 or 32”, insert “, or an excluded person is gambling in contravention of his or her self‑exclusion under section 165AA of the Casino Control Act 2006,”;
in section 89(1)(a), after “date of expiry”, insert “, cancellation or surrender”;
in section 105(1), replace “an offence under section 30 or 31” with “a non‑arrestable offence under this Act”;
in section 105(1)(a), replace “correct age, name and address” with “correct name, residential address, age and unique identification number”;
in section 105(1)(b), replace “age, name or address” with “name, residential address, age or unique identification number”;
in section 105(4), replace “an authorised person may arrest the individual without warrant and bring him or her before a Magistrate to be dealt with according to law” with “an authorised officer may arrest the individual without warrant”;
in section 105, replace subsection (5) with —“(5) Any individual arrested under this section must either —
be brought to a police station as soon as reasonably practicable and may, if required by a police officer of or above the rank of sergeant or an authorised officer, be released upon signing a bond with or without surety to appear before a Magistrate; or
be released without being brought to a police station upon verification of his or her name, residential address, age and unique identification number.(6) If the individual refuses or is unable to sign the bond as required, he or she must, within 24 hours of the arrest (excluding the time necessary for the journey to a Magistrate’s Court), be brought before a Magistrate’s Court.(7) The individual who is brought before a Magistrate’s Court under subsection (6) may —
be ordered to be detained in custody until he or she can be tried; or
if so required by the Magistrate, be released upon signing a bond, with or without surety, to appear before a Magistrate’s Court.(8) Despite section 42(2) and (3) of the Children and Young Persons Act 1993, an underaged individual must not be imprisoned, or detained in a detention centre in respect of an offence under this section, including as a consequence of a failure to pay a fine that is imposed in respect of an offence under this section.(9) In this section and section 106, “unique identification number” means —
an individual’s identity card number, passport number or the number of any other similar document of identity issued by a government authority as evidence of the individual’s nationality or place of residence, and includes a foreign identification number; or
where an individual (who is a citizen of Singapore or a Singapore permanent resident) is a minor who has not yet been issued with an identity card number, the individual’s birth certificate number.”;
in section 106(1)(a) and (2)(a)(i), replace “correct age, name and address” with “correct name, residential address, age and unique identification number”;
in section 106(1)(b) and (2)(b), replace “age, name or address” with “name, residential address, age or unique identification number”;
in section 106(5), replace “an authorised person may arrest the individual without warrant and bring him or her before a Magistrate to be dealt with according to law” with “an authorised officer may arrest the individual without warrant and deal with him or her in accordance with section 105(5), (6) and (7) as if the individual were arrested under section 105(4)”;
in section 131(6), in the definition of “reasonable steps”, after “section 130”, insert “, except that any reference to the corporation is a reference to the unincorporated association or partnership mentioned in subsection (2)”;
in section 133(6)(b), delete “or” at the end;
in section 133(6)(c), replace the full‑stop at the end with a semi‑colon;
in section 133(6), after paragraph (c), insert —“(d)if the document is served under subsection (5)(a), at the time the electronic notice is capable of being retrieved by the addressee by the addressee’s chosen means of notification, and the contents of the document are capable of being accessed by the addressee by the addressee’s chosen means of access; or
at any other time prescribed by regulations for any other means of service.”; and
in the First Schedule, in Part 1, after paragraph 3, insert —“3A. Providing for the fee for a licence to provide any gambling service to include an amount in respect of the costs of the NCPG (including any secretary or officer of the NCPG) in connection with the performance of the NCPG’s functions under Part 10 of the Casino Control Act 2006 as they relate to the gambling service authorised by the licence.”.