Gambling Control Act 2022 · Updated to 21 Sep 2026 · Part 2 · Offences
39. Unlawful interference with requisite surveillance system
Official textFrom Singapore Statutes Online, unchanged
A person who —
has possession of a device made or adapted, or intended by the person to be used, for interfering with the normal operation of a requisite surveillance system in an approved gambling venue; or
does anything calculated, or likely to interfere with the normal operation of a requisite surveillance system in an approved gambling venue,shall be guilty of an offence.
Subsection (1) does not apply to anything done in good faith in connection with —
the installation, alteration, adjustment, maintenance or repair by a recognised technician of any part of a requisite surveillance system in an approved gambling venue; (b)the carrying out of any installation, alteration, adjustment, maintenance or repair to effect a change to any part of the requisite surveillance system that is directed by the Authority under any provision of this Act; or (c)the exercise by a police officer or an authorised officer of a function conferred or imposed by or under any provision of this Act.
A person who —
dishonestly, or because of gross negligence; and (b)during the design, manufacture or assembly of any part of the requisite surveillance system of an approved gambling venue,makes provision (including by fraudulent computer programming) to subsequently gain any money or money equivalent or any financial benefit for that person or another person or any advantage in the operation of a requisite surveillance system shall be guilty of an offence.
A person who is guilty of an offence under subsection (1) or (3) 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.
An offence under this section is an arrestable offence.
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;
financial benefit
Defined · s 3“financial benefit” means any thing of economic value, and includes property and services;
provision of this Act
Defined · s 3“provision of this Act” includes a provision of any Regulations;
recognised technician
Defined · s 3“recognised technician” means a technician recognised by the Authority;
requisite surveillance system
Defined · s 3“requisite surveillance system”, for an approved gambling venue, means any equipment or device (including any software) or a collection of such equipment and devices (including any software) that —(a)is capable of monitoring and recording visual images of activities (with or without recording any sound) occurring within the approved gambling venue and in any place in the immediate vicinity of that approved gambling venue; and (b)is required by Regulations to be installed in that approved gambling venue for the approved gambling venue to operate in compliance with the provisions of this Act;
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