Gambling Control Act 2022 · Updated to 21 Sep 2026 · Part 9 · Enforcement
106. Proof of age, etc., may be required for section 32 or 33 offence
Last amended by an amending law of 2024.
Official textFrom Singapore Statutes Online, unchanged
If a police officer or an authorised officer has reasonable cause to suspect that an individual in an approved gambling venue or gaming machine room during the restricted period of the approved gambling venue or gaming machine room is an underaged individual who has committed, is committing, or is attempting to commit, an offence under section 32 or 33, the police officer or authorised officer 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.
If a police officer or an authorised officer has reasonable cause to suspect that an individual in an approved gambling venue or gaming machine room during the restricted period of the approved gambling venue or gaming machine room is an excluded person who has committed, is committing, or is attempting to commit, an offence under section 32 or 33, the police officer or authorised officer may —
approved gambling venue
“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;
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 (ii)to declare whether or not the individual is or is not an excluded person; and
if it is suspected on reasonable grounds that the name, residential address, age or unique identification number or declaration 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) or (2)(a) and must not, without reasonable cause, fail to comply with a requirement under subsection (1)(b) or (2)(b).
An individual who contravenes subsection (3) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both.
If an individual contravenes subsection (3), a police officer or an authorised officer may arrest the individual without warrant and deal with him or her in accordance with section 105(5), (6) and (7) as if the individual were arrested under section 105(4).
Any of the following having charge and control of an approved gambling venue or gaming machine room:
a licensee; (b)a gambling service agent of a licensee; (c)an employee of a licensee or a gambling service agent of a licensee,has and may exercise the powers of an authorised officer under subsection (1) or (2), and any reference in the subsection to an authorised officer includes a reference to such a licensee, gambling service agent of a licensee, or an employee of a licensee or a gambling service agent of a licensee.
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;
To avoid doubt, this section does not affect section 82.
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;
excluded person
Defined · s 3“excluded person” means an individual who is subject to —(a)a family exclusion order, provisional family exclusion order or third party exclusion order made under Part 10 of the Casino Control Act 2006 against the individual;(b)section 165A of the Casino Control Act 2006;(c)self-exclusion under section 165AA of the Casino Control Act 2006; or(d)an entry ban made against the individual;
gambling service agent
Defined · s 3“gambling service agent”, in relation to a licensee or class licensee, means a person who is, under a gambling agency agreement, appointed as an agent of the licensee or class licensee in relation to any gambling service that —(a)is provided by the licensee or class licensee; and (b)is specified in that agreement;
licensee
Defined · s 3“licensee” means a person to whom a licence is granted under this Act but does not include a class licensee;
restricted period
Defined · s 3“restricted period”, for an approved gambling venue or a gaming machine room of a licensee, means the hours that the licensee concerned —(a)is authorised under its licence to provide facilities in the gambling venue or gaming machine room (as the case may be) for others to gamble; and(b)is using, or allowing the use of, the approved gambling venue or gaming machine room for gambling;
underaged individual
Defined · s 3“underaged individual” has the meaning given by section 13;
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