Gambling Control Act 2022 · Updated to 21 Sep 2026 · Part 9 · Enforcement
105. Power to require particulars from underaged individuals, etc.
Last amended by an amending law of 2024.
Official textFrom Singapore Statutes Online, unchanged
A police officer or an authorised officer who has reasonable grounds to suspect that an individual has committed, is committing, or is attempting to commit, a non‑arrestable offence under this Act may —
authorised officer
“authorised officer”, in relation to any provision of this Act, means an individual who is appointed under section 122 to perform any function or exercise any power under that provision;
require the individual in the approved gambling venue or gaming machine room to state his or her correct name, residential address, age and unique identification number; and (b)if it is suspected on reasonable grounds that the name, residential address, age or unique identification number given in response to the requirement is false, require the individual to produce evidence of its correctness.
An individual must not fail to comply with a requirement under subsection (1)(a) and must not, without reasonable cause, fail to comply with a requirement under subsection (1)(b).
An individual who contravenes subsection (2) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both.
If an individual contravenes subsection (2), a police officer or an authorised officer may arrest the individual without warrant.
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.
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.
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.
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.
underaged individual
“underaged individual” has the meaning given by section 13;
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.
Terms defined in s 3
approved gambling venue
Defined · s 3“approved gambling venue”, for a licensee, means any place or premises approved under section 64 as an approved gambling venue for the licensee to use in connection with providing a gambling service authorised by the licence thereof;
authorised officer
Defined · s 3“authorised officer”, in relation to any provision of this Act, means an individual who is appointed under section 122 to perform any function or exercise any power under that provision;
Authority
Defined · s 3“Authority” means the Gambling Regulatory Authority of Singapore, which is the Casino Regulatory Authority of Singapore continued and renamed under section 3 of the Gambling Regulatory Authority of Singapore Act 2022;
document
Defined · s 3“document” means any thing in which information or material of any description is recorded;
offence under this Act
Defined · s 3“offence under this Act” includes an offence under any Regulations;
place
Defined · s 3“place” includes any premises and any conveyance, and any part of any premises or conveyance;
Singapore permanent resident
Defined · s 3“Singapore permanent resident” means a permanent resident of Singapore as defined by section 2 of the Immigration Act 1959;
underaged individual
Defined · s 3“underaged individual” has the meaning given by section 13;
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