Subsidiary Legislation · As enacted · 2 parts
Casino Control (Prevention of Money Laundering, Terrorism Financing and Proliferation Financing) Regulations 2009
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Preliminary
Official textFrom Singapore Statutes Online, unchanged
reg 1Citation and commencement
These Regulations may be cited as the Casino Control (Prevention of Money Laundering, Terrorism Financing and Proliferation Financing) Regulations 2009 and shall come into operation on 21st October 2009.
reg 2Definitions
In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires —“authorised employee”, in relation to any function, means an employee of a casino operator authorised by the casino operator to perform that function;“beneficial owner”, in relation to a patron account, means ––
in the case of a patron account opened in the name of a body corporate or unincorporate, an individual who ultimately owns or controls that body corporate or unincorporate; or
a person on whose behalf the patron account is opened or the transactions in the patron account are conducted;“branch office”, in relation to a casino operator, means a place (other than any part of the casino operator’s casino in Singapore), whether in Singapore or elsewhere, that offers all or any of the following services in relation to the casino operator:
the processing of an application to open a deposit account;
the receipt of an application for a credit line;
the receipt from, or on behalf of, a patron of any deposit or any payment for an amount owed to the casino operator;
the processing of any request of, or on behalf of, a patron to make a withdrawal, by way of cheque or electronic funds transfer, from the patron’s deposit account;“cash”, “patron”, “patron account” and “suspicious transaction report” have the meanings given by section 139(5) of the Act;“cash transaction report” means a report of a significant cash transaction required under regulation 3(1);“Code” means the Internal Controls Code for Casino Operators issued by the Authority to all casino operators, as amended from time to time, subject to any modification or waiver that may be made or allowed by the Authority;“foreign country” means a country or territory outside Singapore;“higher‑risk patron” means a patron, or a beneficial owner of a patron account, who presents a higher risk of money laundering, terrorism financing or proliferation financing, or is a politically‑exposed person;“identifying information”, “relevant party” and “risk information” have the meanings given by section 139A(13) of the Act;“immediate family member”, in relation to an individual, means a spouse, a child, an adopted child, a stepchild, a sibling, an adopted sibling, a stepsibling, a parent or a step‑parent of the individual;“international organisation” means an entity —
established by formal political agreements between member countries or territories that have the status of international treaties;
whose existence is recognised by law in member countries or territories; and
which is not treated as a resident institutional unit of the country or territory in which it is located;[Deleted by S 649/2026 wef 21/09/2026][Deleted by S 649/2026 wef 21/09/2026]“politically‑exposed person” means —
an individual who has been entrusted with any prominent public function —
in Singapore or in a foreign country; or
in an international organisation;
an immediate family member of an individual referred to in paragraph (a); or
an individual who is a close associate (in a personal or professional capacity) of an individual referred to in paragraph (a);“proliferation financing” means the financing of proliferation of weapons of mass destruction;“prominent public function” includes the role held by a head of state, a head of government, a government minister, a senior public servant, a senior judicial or military official, a senior executive of a state‑owned corporation or an international organisation, a member of the legislature or a senior official of a political party;“significant cash transaction” means a single cash transaction referred to in regulation 3(1)(a) or collectively, the multiple cash transactions referred to in regulation 3(1)(b);[Deleted by S 649/2026 wef 21/09/2026]“Suspicious Transaction Reporting Officer” has the same meaning as in the Corruption, Drug Trafficking and Other Serious Crimes (Confiscation of Benefits) Act 1992.
“authorised employee”, in relation to any function, means an employee of a casino operator authorised by the casino operator to perform that function;
“beneficial owner”, in relation to a patron account, means ––
in the case of a patron account opened in the name of a body corporate or unincorporate, an individual who ultimately owns or controls that body corporate or unincorporate; or
a person on whose behalf the patron account is opened or the transactions in the patron account are conducted;
“branch office”, in relation to a casino operator, means a place (other than any part of the casino operator’s casino in Singapore), whether in Singapore or elsewhere, that offers all or any of the following services in relation to the casino operator:
the processing of an application to open a deposit account;
the receipt of an application for a credit line;
the receipt from, or on behalf of, a patron of any deposit or any payment for an amount owed to the casino operator;
the processing of any request of, or on behalf of, a patron to make a withdrawal, by way of cheque or electronic funds transfer, from the patron’s deposit account;
“cash”, “patron”, “patron account” and “suspicious transaction report” have the meanings given by section 139(5) of the Act;
“cash transaction report” means a report of a significant cash transaction required under regulation 3(1);
“Code” means the Internal Controls Code for Casino Operators issued by the Authority to all casino operators, as amended from time to time, subject to any modification or waiver that may be made or allowed by the Authority;
“foreign country” means a country or territory outside Singapore;
“higher‑risk patron” means a patron, or a beneficial owner of a patron account, who presents a higher risk of money laundering, terrorism financing or proliferation financing, or is a politically‑exposed person;
“identifying information”, “relevant party” and “risk information” have the meanings given by section 139A(13) of the Act;
“immediate family member”, in relation to an individual, means a spouse, a child, an adopted child, a stepchild, a sibling, an adopted sibling, a stepsibling, a parent or a step‑parent of the individual;
“international organisation” means an entity —
established by formal political agreements between member countries or territories that have the status of international treaties;
whose existence is recognised by law in member countries or territories; and
which is not treated as a resident institutional unit of the country or territory in which it is located;
“politically‑exposed person” means —
an individual who has been entrusted with any prominent public function —
in Singapore or in a foreign country; or
in an international organisation;
an immediate family member of an individual referred to in paragraph (a); or
an individual who is a close associate (in a personal or professional capacity) of an individual referred to in paragraph (a);
“proliferation financing” means the financing of proliferation of weapons of mass destruction;
“prominent public function” includes the role held by a head of state, a head of government, a government minister, a senior public servant, a senior judicial or military official, a senior executive of a state‑owned corporation or an international organisation, a member of the legislature or a senior official of a political party;
“significant cash transaction” means a single cash transaction referred to in regulation 3(1)(a) or collectively, the multiple cash transactions referred to in regulation 3(1)(b);
“Suspicious Transaction Reporting Officer” has the same meaning as in the Corruption, Drug Trafficking and Other Serious Crimes (Confiscation of Benefits) Act 1992.
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