Gambling Control Act 2022 · Updated to 21 Sep 2026 · Part 5 · Gambling Venue and Games Approval
77. Restriction on transfer of gaming machine, etc., approval
Official textFrom Singapore Statutes Online, unchanged
An approval granted under section 74, and any rights, benefits or privileges under the approval, are not transferable or assignable to any other person unless —
granted
“granted” or “grant”, for a licence or gambling venue approval, includes —(a)granted or grant on renewal; or (b)treated as granted under the Second Schedule;
the approval contains a condition authorising the transfer or assignment; and
the Authority consents in writing to the transfer or assignment.
Any consent under subsection (1) may be given subject to compliance with such conditions as the Authority thinks fit to impose, which may include conditions modifying, or requiring or otherwise providing for the making of modifications to, the conditions of an approval granted under section 74.
Authority
“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;
A transfer or an assignment, or purported transfer or assignment, of an approval granted under section 74, or of any rights, benefits or privileges under the approval, is void and of no effect —
if the approval granted under section 74 is not capable of transfer or assignment;
if the transfer or assignment, or purported transfer or assignment, is in breach of a condition of the approval; or
if there has, before the transfer or assignment or purported transfer or assignment, been a contravention of a condition subject to compliance with which the consent required by subsection (1) is given.
Terms defined in s 3
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;
granted
Defined · s 3“granted” or “grant”, for a licence or gambling venue approval, includes —(a)granted or grant on renewal; or (b)treated as granted under the Second Schedule;
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