Singapore legislation
Regulation 12
Regulation 12
Credit policy, procedures and controls
Subregulation 1
Every casino operator and licensed international market agent shall, before issuing any chips on credit or granting any other form of credit, develop and implement a credit policy and procedures and controls relating to the granting of credit to its patrons, and shall communicate these to its employees and officers.
Subregulation 2
The credit policy, procedures and controls referred to in paragraph (1) shall include —
the credit assessment criteria by which the creditworthiness of a patron is to be assessed;
the credit limits applicable to different classes of patrons;
the approving authority and procedures for the approval of —
the establishment of a credit account or cheque-cashing account for a patron; and
the patron’s credit limit and any increase in credit limit;
the procedures for the issuance of credit and the administration of a credit account or cheque-cashing account;
the records and documents to be kept and checks to be carried out in relation to a credit account or cheque-cashing account; and
debt recovery procedures.
Subregulation 3
Every casino operator and licensed international market agent shall ––
cause its credit policy, procedures and controls to be reviewed at least once in every 6 months by an employee or employees holding a senior managerial or executive position of the casino operator or licensed international market agent, as the case may be;
ensure that its credit policy, procedures and controls are implemented in all its branch offices, whether in Singapore or elsewhere; and
produce its credit policy, procedures and controls to the Authority for inspection whenever requested to do so.