Singapore legislation
Regulation 42
of Casino Control (Casino Marketing Arrangements) Regulations 2013
Regulation 42
Disciplinary proceedings against licensed international market agent or licensed international market agent representative
Subregulation 1
The Authority may inquire into whether there are grounds for disciplinary action against an international market licensee.
Subregulation 2
The Authority may serve on an international market licensee a notice in writing affording the international market licensee an opportunity to show cause within 14 days, or such longer period as the Authority may allow on application by the international market licensee, why disciplinary action should not be taken on grounds for disciplinary action specified in the notice.
Subregulation 3
The international market licensee may, within the period allowed under paragraph (2), arrange with the Authority for the making of submissions to the Authority as to why disciplinary action should not be taken and the Authority shall consider any submissions so made.
Subregulation 4
The Authority may, after considering the submissions made by the international market licensee, then take such disciplinary action against the international market licensee as the Authority sees fit by giving written notice to the international market licensee of the disciplinary action that the Authority intends to take.
Subregulation 5
The cancellation, suspension or variation of an international market agent licence or international market agent representative licence takes effect when the notice under paragraph (4) is given or on a later date specified in the notice.
Subregulation 6
If any international market licensee organises, promotes or conducts a casino marketing arrangement during the suspension of his or its international market agent licence or international market agent representative licence under section 110C of the Act or regulation 39, the Authority may, without affording the international market licensee a further opportunity to be heard, by written notice, impose a financial penalty on the international market licensee ––
not exceeding $400,000, where the international market licensee is a licensed international market agent; and
not exceeding $10,000, where the international market licensee is a licensed international market agent representative,for every day or part thereof that the organisation, promotion or conduct of any casino marketing arrangement continues during the suspension of the international market agent licence or international market agent representative licence or in contravention of the direction, as the case may be.
Subregulation 7
A member of the Authority who has participated in the consideration of disciplinary action against an international market licensee is not prevented by that reason alone from considering whether further disciplinary action should be taken against that same international market licensee.