Singapore legislation

Regulation 14

of Casino Control (Prevention of Money Laundering, Terrorism Financing and Proliferation Financing) Regulations 2009

Regulation 14

Enhanced customer due diligence for higher‑risk patrons

Amended byS 320/2015 wef 02/06/2015S 320/2015 wef 02/06/2015S 320/2015 wef 02/06/2015S 320/2015 wef 02/06/2015

Subregulation 1

Amended byS 320/2015 wef 02/06/2015

A casino operator must implement appropriate policies, controls and procedures to determine if a patron, or a beneficial owner of a patron account, is a higher‑risk patron.

Subregulation 1A

Amended byS 320/2015 wef 02/06/2015

A casino operator must, in addition to the customer due diligence measures prescribed in this Part, perform enhanced customer due diligence measures in relation to higher‑risk patrons, including the following measures:

(a)

requiring that prior approval be obtained from an employee holding a senior managerial or executive position in the casino operator before establishing dealings with a higher‑risk patron, or before continuing dealings with a patron (or a beneficial owner of a patron account) who subsequently becomes a higher‑risk patron;

(b)

establishing by reasonable means the income level, source of wealth and source of funds of a higher‑risk patron;

(c)

conducting such enhanced monitoring of the transactions of the higher‑risk patron as the casino operator considers appropriate having regard to the thresholds of materiality and thresholds of risk established under regulation 17(4)(a), which may include —

(i)

increasing the number of controls applied;

(ii)

shortening the intervals between the application of controls; and

(iii)

identifying and examining patterns of transactions or unusual transactions.

Subregulation 1B

Amended byS 320/2015 wef 02/06/2015

The casino operator must, at the minimum, keep the following records in respect of every transaction entered into, and every patron account opened, by a higher‑risk patron:

(a)

the identifying information of the higher‑risk patron;

(b)

the date, amount and type of transaction;

(c)

the name, special employee licence number and signature of the authorised employee who carried out the transaction;

(d)

the income level, source of wealth and source of funds of the higher‑risk patron;

(e)

the name, special employee licence number and signature of each authorised employee designated by the management of the casino operator to approve the establishment of dealings with the higher‑risk patron or the carrying out of the transaction.

Subregulation 2

Amended byS 320/2015 wef 02/06/2015

The casino operator shall keep a record in writing of its findings and decisions in relation to the matters in paragraphs (1) and (1A), which shall be produced to the Authority or to a Suspicious Transaction Reporting Officer on demand.

Subregulation 3

[Deleted by S 320/2015 wef 02/06/2015]