118. Blocking of payment transactions

direct the MAS to give a financial institution a payment blocking order; or

give a financial transaction provider a payment blocking order.

not to accept credit, or proceeds of credit, extended to that person;

not to accept any cheque, bank draft or similar instrument which is drawn by or in favour of that person;

not to make or accept any electronic funds transfer, or any funds transmission, to or from that person; or

to block payments, or otherwise prevent or prohibit transactions, generally where these use merchant category codes (or equivalents) customarily associated with gambling transactions.

whether, having regard to the content of the online location on which any bank account information is specified, that the bank account is used or is to be used to commit an offence under section 18, 20(1) or 34 or to publish a gambling advertisement about remote gambling in Singapore in contravention of section 85;

whether the merchant category codes (or equivalents) customarily associated with gambling transactions are used by credit card systems or other payment systems to determine if a transaction is or is likely to be related to any unlawful remote gambling activity;

whether the owner or operator of the online location on which any bank account information is specified demonstrates a disregard for the prohibitions and restrictions in this Act against remote gambling generally;

whether access to the online location on which any bank account information is specified has been disabled by orders from any court or competent authority of another country or territory on the ground of or related to remote gambling;

whether the online location on which any bank account information is specified contains guides or instructions to circumvent any measure, or any order of any such court or competent authority, to disable access to the online location on the ground of or related to remote gambling;

the volume of traffic at the online location by end‑users in Singapore;

the burden that the making of the payment blocking order will place on the financial institution or class of financial institutions, or the financial transaction provider or class of financial transaction providers;

the technical feasibility of complying with the payment blocking order.

for a payment blocking order that specifies an account of any person who is participating or has participated in any unlawful remote gambling activity, to a fine not exceeding $20,000 for each transaction specified in the payment blocking order but not blocked, up to a total of $500,000 per account to or from which the transaction is made or to be made; or

for a payment blocking order that specifies any transaction, to a fine not exceeding $20,000 for each transaction specified in the blocking order but not blocked, up to a total of $500,000.