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Part 10 · National Council on Problem Gambling

165AA. Persons self-excluded from casino, etc.

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Last amended by an amending law of 2024.

(1)

A person may make a voluntary application in the prescribed form and manner to the Council for any of the following:

(a)

for the person to be banned from —

(i)

entering or remaining on all casino premises; and

(ii)

taking part in any casino gambling or promotional game on all casino premises;

(b)

for the person to be banned from —

(i)

entering or remaining in all gaming machine rooms except to perform defined work within any of those rooms; and

(ii)

taking part in any playing of a gaming machine in all gaming machine rooms;

(c)

for the person to be banned from engaging in all manner of general remote gambling;

(d)

for the person to be subject to all or any of the bans in paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) or any combination thereof.

(2)

A person referred to in subsection (1) is subject to the self-exclusion which the person has applied for (whenever made) until the Council revokes the self-exclusion.

(3)

The Council may revoke the self-exclusion of a person —

(a)

upon the person’s application for revocation; or

(b)

if the person meets the conditions in subsection (4), without any application for revocation having been made.

(4)

The conditions mentioned in subsection (3)(b) are that the person —

(a)

is not a citizen of Singapore or a permanent resident of Singapore; and

(b)

has remained outside Singapore for the prescribed minimum period.

(5)

The Council may, as a condition of revoking the self-exclusion of a person, require the person to —

(a)

participate in a programme of counselling, rehabilitation or special education; or

(b)

undergo an assessment of harm from gambling, including a clinical assessment if necessary, by a suitably qualified person appointed by the Council for this purpose,or any combination of these.

(6)

In any prescribed class of cases, a decision to revoke a self-exclusion under subsection (3) may be made by the operation of a computer program for which the Council is responsible.

(7)

A decision made under subsection (6) by the operation of a computer program —

(a)

is deemed to be a decision of the Council; but(b)may, within the prescribed time and subject to any prescribed conditions, be —

(i)

reviewed by the Council; and

(ii)

confirmed, cancelled or substituted by the Council by written notice to the affected person.

Report

Read on from s 165B

Part 10A

Casino Advertising and Responsible Gambling

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Part 11

General Offences

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Part 12

Enforcement Powers and Proceedings

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Part 13

Miscellaneous

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Schedules

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