Offences by corporations
Open ↗189.—(1) Where, in a proceeding for an offence under this Act, it is necessary to prove the state of mind of a corporation in relation to a particular conduct, evidence that —(a)
an officer, employee or agent of the corporation engaged in that conduct within the scope of his or her actual or apparent authority; and
(b)
the officer, employee or agent had that state of mind,
is evidence that the corporation had that state of mind.
(2) Where a corporation commits an offence under this Act, a person —(a)
who is —(i)
an officer of the corporation; or
(ii)
an individual involved in the management of the corporation and in a position to influence the conduct of the corporation in relation to the commission of the offence; and
(b)
who —(i)
consented or connived, or conspired with others, to effect the commission of the offence;
(ii)
is in any other way, whether by act or omission, knowingly concerned in, or is party to, the commission of the offence by the corporation; or
(iii)
knew or ought reasonably to have known that the offence by the corporation (or an offence of the same type) would be or is being committed, and failed to take all reasonable steps to prevent or stop the commission of that offence,
shall be guilty of that same offence as is the corporation, and shall be liable on conviction to be punished accordingly.
(3) A person mentioned in subsection (2) may rely on a defence that would be available to the corporation if it were charged with the offence with which the person is charged and, in doing so, the person bears the same burden of proof that the corporation would bear.
(4) To avoid doubt, this section does not affect the application of —(a)
Chapters 5 and 5A of the Penal Code 1871; or
(b)
the Evidence Act 1893 or any other law or practice regarding the admissibility of evidence.
(5) To avoid doubt, subsection (2) also does not affect the liability of the corporation for an offence under this Act, and applies whether or not the corporation is convicted of the offence.
(6) In this section —“corporation” includes a limited liability partnership;
“officer”, in relation to a corporation, means any director, partner, chief executive, manager, secretary or other similar officer of the corporation, and includes —(a)
any person purporting to act in any such capacity; and
(b)
for a corporation whose affairs are managed by its members, any of those members as if the member were a director of the corporation;
“reasonable steps”, in relation to the commission of an offence, includes, but is not limited to, such action (if any) of the following kinds as is reasonable in all the circumstances:(a)
action towards —(i)
assessing the corporation’s compliance with the provision creating the offence; and
(ii)
ensuring that the corporation arranged regular professional assessments of its compliance with the provision;
(b)
action towards ensuring that the corporation’s employees, agents and contractors are provided with information, training, instruction and supervision appropriate to them to enable them to comply with the provision creating the offence so far as the provision is relevant to them;
(c)
action towards ensuring that —(i)
the equipment and other resources; and
(ii)
the structures, work systems and other processes,
relevant to compliance with the provision creating the offence are appropriate in all the circumstances;
(d)
action towards creating and maintaining a corporate culture that does not direct, encourage, tolerate or lead to non‑compliance with the provision creating the offence;
“state of mind” of a person includes —(a)
the knowledge, intention, opinion, belief or purpose of the person; and
(b)
the person’s reasons for the intention, opinion, belief or purpose.
(7) The Minister may make rules to provide for the application of any provision of this section, with such modifications as the Minister considers appropriate, to any corporation formed or recognised under the law of a territory outside Singapore.[Act 29 of 2024 wef 30/10/2024]
Offences by unincorporated associations or partnerships
Open ↗189A.—(1) Where, in a proceeding for an offence under this Act, it is necessary to prove the state of mind of an unincorporated association or a partnership in relation to a particular conduct, evidence that —(a)
an employee or agent of the unincorporated association or partnership engaged in that conduct within the scope of his or her actual or apparent authority; and
(b)
the employee or agent had that state of mind,
is evidence that the unincorporated association or partnership had that state of mind.
(2) Where an unincorporated association or a partnership commits an offence under this Act, a person —(a)
who is —(i)
an officer of the unincorporated association or a member of its governing body;
(ii)
a partner in the partnership; or
(iii)
an individual involved in the management of the unincorporated association or partnership and in a position to influence the conduct of the unincorporated association or partnership (as the case may be) in relation to the commission of the offence; and
(b)
who —(i)
consented or connived, or conspired with others, to effect the commission of the offence;
(ii)
is in any other way, whether by act or omission, knowingly concerned in, or is party to, the commission of the offence by the unincorporated association or partnership; or
(iii)
knew or ought reasonably to have known that the offence by the unincorporated association or partnership (or an offence of the same type) would be or is being committed, and failed to take all reasonable steps to prevent or stop the commission of that offence,
shall be guilty of the same offence as is the unincorporated association or partnership (as the case may be), and shall be liable on conviction to be punished accordingly.
(3) A person mentioned in subsection (2) may rely on a defence that would be available to the unincorporated association or partnership if it were charged with the offence with which the person is charged and, in doing so, the person bears the same burden of proof that the unincorporated association or partnership would bear.
(4) To avoid doubt, this section does not affect the application of —(a)
Chapters 5 and 5A of the Penal Code 1871; or
(b)
the Evidence Act 1893 or any other law or practice regarding the admissibility of evidence.
(5) To avoid doubt, subsection (2) also does not affect the liability of an unincorporated association or a partnership for an offence under this Act, and applies whether or not the unincorporated association or partnership is convicted of the offence.
(6) In this section —“officer”, in relation to an unincorporated association (other than a partnership), means the president, the secretary or any member of a committee of the unincorporated association, and includes —(a)
any person holding a position analogous to that of president, secretary or member of a committee of the unincorporated association; and
(b)
any person purporting to act in any such capacity;
“partner” includes a person purporting to act as a partner;
“reasonable steps” has the meaning given by section 189(6) except that any reference to the corporation is a reference to the unincorporated association or partnership mentioned in subsection (2);
“state of mind” of a person includes —(a)
the knowledge, intention, opinion, belief or purpose of the person; and
(b)
the person’s reasons for the intention, opinion, belief or purpose.
(7) The Minister may make rules to provide for the application of any provision of this section, with such modifications as the Minister considers appropriate, to any unincorporated association or partnership formed or recognised under the law of a territory outside Singapore.[Act 29 of 2024 wef 30/10/2024]
Preservation of secrecy
Open ↗190.—(1) Except for the purpose of the performance of his or her duties or the exercise of his or her functions or when lawfully required to do so by any court or where required or allowed by the provisions of any written law, no person who is or has been —(a)
a member, an officer, an employee or an agent of the Authority;
(b)
a person on secondment or attachment to the Authority;
(c)
a person authorised, appointed, employed, engaged or directed by the Authority to exercise the Authority’s powers, perform the Authority’s functions or discharge the Authority’s duties or to assist the Authority in the exercise of its powers, the performance of its functions or the discharge of its duties under this Act or any other written law;[Act 29 of 2024 wef 30/10/2024]
(d)
an inspector or a person authorised, appointed or employed to assist an inspector in connection with any function or duty of the inspector under this Act;
(e)
a member of any committee appointed by the Authority under section 112(4);[Act 14 of 2022 wef 01/08/2022]
(f)
a member, a secretary or an officer of the evaluation panel appointed under section 45A; or
(g)
a member, a secretary or an officer of the Council,
may disclose any information relating to the affairs of the Authority or of any other person which has been obtained by him or her in the performance of his or her duties or the exercise of his or her functions.
[36/2012; 5/2018]
(2) Despite subsection (1), any person referred to in paragraphs (a) to (e) of that subsection may —(a)
furnish to the Comptroller or an officer of the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore authorised by the Comptroller any information relating to casino tax which may be required by the Comptroller or officer in the performance of his or her duties; and
(b)
permit the Comptroller or an officer of the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore authorised by the Comptroller to have access to, including taking copies of, such records or documents relating to casino tax in the possession of the Authority as the Chief Executive may allow,
where the Chief Executive is satisfied that such information or access is necessary for the performance of the duties of the Comptroller or officer.
[22/2009; 36/2012]
(3) Despite subsection (1), any person referred to in that subsection may furnish any information, report or document obtained in the performance of his or her duties or in the exercise of his or her functions under this Act to any individual or statutory body set out in the Second Schedule for the purpose of enabling the performance or discharge by that individual or statutory body of his or her or its public functions or duties.[36/2012]
(4) Any person who contravenes subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $2,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or to both.
(5) In subsection (2), “Chief Executive” includes an authorised person appointed for the purposes of that subsection.[Act 29 of 2024 wef 30/10/2024]
Cooperation between Authority and foreign casino regulatory bodies
Open ↗191.—(1) The Authority may, with the approval of the Minister, enter into arrangements with any foreign casino regulatory body whereby each party to the arrangements may —(a)
furnish to the other party information in its possession if the information is required by that other party for the purpose of performance by it of any of its functions; and
(b)
provide such other assistance to the other party as will facilitate the performance by that other party of any of its functions.
(2) The Authority must not furnish any information to a foreign casino regulatory body pursuant to such arrangements unless it requires of, and obtains from, that body a written undertaking by it that it will comply with terms specified in that requirement, including terms that correspond to the provisions of any other written law concerning the disclosure of that information by the Authority.
(3) The Authority may give an undertaking to a foreign casino regulatory body that it will comply with terms specified in a requirement made of the Authority by the body to give such an undertaking where —(a)
those terms correspond to the provisions of any law in force in the country or territory in which the body is established, being provisions which concern the disclosure by the body of the information referred to in paragraph (b); and
(b)
compliance with the requirement is a condition imposed by the body for furnishing information in its possession to the Authority pursuant to the arrangements referred to in subsection (1).
(4) In this section, “foreign casino regulatory body” means a person in whom there are vested functions under the law of another country or territory with respect to the enforcement or the administration of provisions of law of that country or territory concerning casinos.
Protection from liability
Open ↗192. No liability shall lie against any of the following:(a)
any member, officer, employee or agent of the Authority;
(b)
any member, secretary or officer of the evaluation panel appointed under section 45A;
(c)
any member of the Council, any person authorised, appointed or employed to assist the Council or any member of any Committee of Assessors constituted under section 157(1);
(d)
any person who is on secondment or attachment to the Authority;
(e)
any person authorised, appointed, employed or directed by the Authority to exercise the Authority’s powers, perform the Authority’s functions or discharge the Authority’s duties or to assist the Authority in the exercise of its powers, the performance of its functions or the discharge of its duties under this Act or any other written law;
(f)
any inspector or any person authorised, appointed or employed to assist an inspector in connection with any function or duty of the inspector under this Act; [Act 14 of 2022 wef 01/08/2022]
(g)
any member of a committee appointed by the Authority under section 112(4),[Act 14 of 2022 wef 01/08/2022]
for anything done (including any statement made) or omitted to be done in good faith and with reasonable care in the course of or in connection with —
(h)
the exercise or purported exercise of any power under this Act; or[Act 14 of 2022 wef 01/08/2022]
(i)
the performance or purported performance of any function or the discharge or purported discharge of any duty under this Act.[Act 14 of 2022 wef 01/08/2022]
(j)
[Deleted by Act 14 of 2022 wef 01/08/2022][36/2012]
[Act 14 of 2022 wef 01/08/2022]
Public servants
Open ↗193. All members, officers and employees of the Authority, all inspectors, all members of the evaluation panel appointed under section 45A, all members of committees appointed by the Authority under section 112(4) and all members of the Council and any Committee of Assessors constituted under section 157(1) are deemed to be public servants for the purposes of the Penal Code 1871.[36/2012]
[Act 14 of 2022 wef 01/08/2022]
Jurisdiction of court
Open ↗194. Despite any provision to the contrary in the Criminal Procedure Code 2010, a District Court has jurisdiction to try any offence under this Act and has power to impose the full penalty or punishment in respect of the offence.
General penalty
Open ↗195.—(1) Any casino operator guilty of an offence under this Act for which no penalty is expressly provided shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $100,000.
(2) Any person (other than a casino operator) guilty of an offence under this Act for which no penalty is expressly provided 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.
(3) Unless otherwise expressly provided, where a corporation (other than a casino operator) is convicted of an offence under this Act, the penalty that the court may impose is a fine not exceeding 2 times the maximum amount that, but for this subsection, the court could impose as a fine for that offence.
Composition of offences
Open ↗196.—(1) The Authority may compound any offence under this Act (except an offence under Part 9) that is prescribed as a compoundable offence by collecting from a person reasonably suspected of having committed the offence a sum not exceeding the lower of the following:(a)
one half of the amount of the maximum fine that is prescribed for the offence;
(b)
$5,000.[36/2012]
(2) On payment of the sum of money, no further proceedings are to be taken against that person in respect of the offence.
(3) The Authority may, with the approval of the Minister, make regulations to prescribe the offences which may be compounded.
(4) [Deleted by Act 14 of 2022 wef 01/08/2022]
Recovering and collecting financial penalties, etc.
Open ↗197.—(1) All the following must be collected by the Authority and paid into the Consolidated Fund:(a)
any financial penalties imposed under section 54 or 93, or any regulations made under section 110B(6) regarding disciplinary action against licensed international market agents and licensed international market agent representatives;
(b)
any moneys under a performance bond, deposit or other form of security required under section 185C and forfeited for the purpose of meeting any financial penalty imposed;
(c)
any winnings forfeited under section 128(2);
(d)
any composition sum collected under sections 152 and 196, respectively.
(2) Any sum mentioned in subsection (1)(a), (b) or (c) (or any part thereof) that has become due and payable by a person but has not been paid may be recovered as if a debt due to the Authority from that person; and the person’s liability to pay is not affected by the person’s licence ceasing, for any reason, to be in force.[Act 14 of 2022 wef 01/08/2022]
Amendment of Second Schedule
Open ↗197A.—(1) The Minister may by order in the Gazette, amend, add to or vary the Second Schedule.[36/2012]
(2) The Minister may, in any order made under subsection (1), make such incidental, consequential or supplementary provision as may be necessary or expedient.[36/2012]
(3) Any order made under subsection (1) must be presented to Parliament as soon as possible after publication in the Gazette.[36/2012]
General exemption
Open ↗198. The Authority may, with the approval of the Minister, by order, exempt any person or premises or any class of persons or premises from all or any of the provisions of this Act, subject to such terms or conditions as may be specified in the order.
Service of documents
Open ↗199.—(1) A document that is permitted or required by this Act to be served on a person may be served as described in this section.
(2) A document permitted or required by this Act to be served on an individual may be served —(a)
by giving it to the individual personally;
(b)
by sending it by post to the address specified by the individual for the service of documents or, if no address is so specified, the individual’s residential address or business address;
(c)
by leaving it at the individual’s residential address with an adult apparently resident there, or at the individual’s business address with an adult apparently employed there;
(d)
by affixing a copy of the document in a conspicuous place at the individual’s residential address or business address;
(e)
by sending it by fax to the fax number last known to the person giving or serving the document as the fax number for the service of documents on the individual; or
(f)
by sending it by email to the individual’s last email address.
(3) A document permitted or required by this Act to be served on a partnership (other than a limited liability partnership) may be served —(a)
by giving it to any partner, secretary or other similar officer of the partnership;
(b)
by leaving it at, or by sending it by post to, the partnership’s business address;
(c)
by sending it by fax to the fax number used at the partnership’s business address; or
(d)
by sending it by email to the partnership’s last email address.
(4) A document permitted or required by this Act to be served on a body corporate (including a limited liability partnership) or an unincorporated association may be served —(a)
by giving it to the secretary or other similar officer of the body corporate or unincorporated association, or the limited liability partnership’s manager;
(b)
by leaving it at, or by sending it by post to, the registered office or principal office in Singapore of the body corporate or unincorporated association;
(c)
by sending it by fax to the fax number used at the registered office or principal office in Singapore of the body corporate or unincorporated association; or
(d)
by sending it by email to the last email address of the body corporate or unincorporated association.
(5) In addition, a document (other than a summons) permitted or required by this Act to be served on an individual, a partnership, a body corporate or an unincorporated association may be served —(a)
by giving an electronic notice to the individual, partnership, body corporate or unincorporated association (called in this section an addressee) by the addressee’s chosen means of notification, stating that the document is available and how the addressee may use the addressee’s chosen means of access to access the document’s contents; or
(b)
by any other method authorised by the regulations for the service of documents of that kind if the addressee consents to service of a document of that kind in that way.
(6) Service of a document takes effect —(a)
if the document is sent by post, 2 days after the day the document was posted (even if it is returned undelivered);
(b)
if the document is sent by fax and a notification of successful transmission is received, on the day of transmission;
(c)
if the document is sent by email, at the time that the email becomes capable of being retrieved by the person to whom it is sent;
(d)
if the document is served under subsection (5)(a), at the time the electronic notice is capable of being retrieved by the addressee by the addressee’s chosen means of notification, and the contents of the document are capable of being accessed by the addressee by the addressee’s chosen means of access; or
(e)
at any other time prescribed by regulations for any other means of service.
(7) However, service of any document under this Act on a person by email or by an electronic notice at the person’s chosen means of notification, may be effected only with the person’s prior consent to service in that way.
(8) This section does not apply to documents to be served in proceedings in court.
(9) In this section —“business address” means —(a)
in the case of an individual, the individual’s usual or last known place of business in Singapore; or
(b)
in the case of a partnership (other than a limited liability partnership), the partnership’s principal or last known place of business in Singapore;
“chosen means of access”, for an addressee on whom is or is to be served a document permitted or required by this Act, means an electronic means that the addressee agrees with the person giving or serving the document as the means by which the addressee may access that document’s contents;
“chosen means of notification”, for an addressee on whom is or is to be served a document permitted or required by this Act, means an electronic means that the addressee nominates to the person giving or serving the document as the means by which the addressee may be notified that such a document has been served on the addressee;
“document” includes a notice or an order permitted or required by this Act to be served;
“last email address” means the last email address given by the addressee concerned to the person giving or serving the document as the email address for the service of documents under this Act;
“residential address” means an individual’s usual or last known place of residence in Singapore.[Act 29 of 2024 wef 30/10/2024]
Regulations
Open ↗200.—(1) The Authority may, with the approval of the Minister, make regulations for any purpose for which regulations are required to be made under this Act and generally for carrying out the purposes and provisions of this Act.
(2) Without limiting subsection (1), the Authority may, with the approval of the Minister, make regulations for or with respect to all or any of the following matters:(a)
[Deleted by Act 14 of 2022 wef 01/08/2022]
(b)
[Deleted by Act 14 of 2022 wef 01/08/2022]
(c)
the fees to be charged in respect of anything done or any services rendered by the Authority under or by virtue of this Act;
(d)
the installations, devices and equipment to be provided on casino premises for gaming, surveillance, communications and other purposes and the maintenance of the installations, devices and equipment;
(e)
the hours of operation of a casino and any temporary cessation of operation;
(f)
the facilities and amenities to be provided for patrons of, and inspectors on duty in, a casino and the maintenance of those amenities;
(g)
the provision to players of gaming machines in a casino of information relevant to gaming on gaming machines;
(h)
the adjudicating of disputes between a casino operator and its patrons;
(i)
the provision and security of drop boxes and other places for the depositing of money;
(j)
with respect to casino advertising and promotions —(i)
regulating or prohibiting advertising and promotional activities relating to a casino, including regulating the content of any advertisement or promotion;
(ii)
applications for the approval of advertisements or promotional activities relating to a casino, including the fees, if any; and
(iii)
the obligations of casino operators in relation to persons who carry out advertising or promotional activities relating to a casino;
(k)
applications for the approval of any part of a responsible gambling programme;
(l)
the responsible gambling requirements referred to in section 170B, which may include, but are not limited to —(i)
the establishment by a casino operator of a system to enable a patron of its casino to set limits on the patron’s gambling expenditure or period of continuous gambling;
(ii)
the establishment by a casino operator of a system to determine and impose a maximum number of visits which a patron may make to its casino in each month;
(iii)
patron education;
(iv)
provision of problem gambling assistance, intervention or facilities;
(v)
training of casino employees in relation to responsible gambling;
(vi)
keeping of records related to responsible gambling activities; and
(vii)
regular review of responsible gambling measures;
(m)
the submission of reports by casino operators;
(n)
regulating the activities of persons who are on the casino premises in the course of their employment or prohibiting any of those activities;
(o)
the testing of operations, or of proposed operations, in a casino;
(p)
regulating the conduct of gaming and provision of credit for gaming in a casino;
(q)
the manufacture, supply or operation of gaming equipment for use in a casino, and the provision of testing services for such gaming equipment;
(r)
the movement, acquisition, storage, servicing, rectification or destruction of gaming equipment used or for use in a casino;
(s)
the form of controlled contracts within the meaning of section 72, the approval of the Authority in relation to specified classes of those contracts and the requirements for disclosure to the Authority of any such contracts;
(t)
the establishment of a system of awarding demerit points for the purpose of disciplinary actions against casino operators, licensed special employees of a casino, licensed international market agents or licensed international market agent representatives;
(u)
the procedure for any representations to be made against, or any request for a review of, a decision by the Authority;
(v)
the procedure for disciplinary proceedings against any person licensed or approved by the Authority under this Act;
(w)
regulating agents of casino operators, including any licensing or approval thereof;
(x)
the furnishing of any deposit, prepayment, performance bond or other form of security required by the Authority under this Act, and the procedure for drawing on, forfeiting or returning any such deposit, prepayment, performance bond or other form of security;
(y)
the enforcement of any written undertaking given under section 185D;
(z)
the system of internal controls for casino operations;
(za)
the setting up of and requirements for a compliance function by casino operators;
(zb)
requirements to detect or prevent money laundering, terrorism financing and the financing of proliferation of weapons of mass destruction;[Act 24 of 2024 wef 14/11/2024]
(zc)
additional duties of auditors of casino operators;
(zd)
any other matter or thing required or permitted to be prescribed or necessary to be prescribed to give effect to this Act.[36/2012; 4/2014]
(3) Regulations made under this Act —(a)
may provide that any contravention of any provision of the regulations shall be an offence punishable with —(i)
in the case of a casino operator, a fine not exceeding $100,000; or
(ii)
in any other case, a fine not exceeding $10,000 or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or both;
(aa)
may provide that any contravention of any provision of the regulations by a casino operator or a licensed special employee is a contravention for which the casino operator or licensed special employee is liable to disciplinary action under section 54 or 93, respectively;[Act 29 of 2024 wef 30/10/2024]
(b)
may be of general or of specially limited application;
(c)
may differ according to differences in time, place or circumstance; and
(d)
may provide for such transitional, saving and other consequential, incidental and supplemental provisions as the Minister considers necessary or expedient.
Adoption of codes, standards of performance or specifications
Open ↗200A.—(1) Any regulations made under section 200 may adopt, wholly or partially or as amended by the regulations or by reference, any code, standard of performance or specification which relates to gaming equipment, surveillance systems, internal controls, casino advertising or promotions, responsible gambling or to any other matter related to casino operations that is relevant for the purposes of this Act, and which —(a)
is issued by the Authority under section 200B; or
(b)
is issued by any standards organisation or person other than the Authority (whether within or outside Singapore) and approved by the Authority under section 200B.[36/2012]
(2) In any proceedings under this Act, a copy of any code, standard of performance or specification adopted under subsection (1) which is certified by the Authority as a true copy thereof is prima facie evidence of that code, standard of performance or specification.[36/2012]
Codes, standards of performance or specifications issued or approved by Authority
Open ↗200B.—(1) The Authority may —(a)
issue one or more codes, standards of performance or specifications applicable to casino operations;
(b)
approve as a code, standard of performance or specification applicable to casino operators any document prepared by a person other than the Authority if the Authority considers the document as suitable for this purpose; or
(c)
amend, add to or revoke any code, standard of performance or specification issued under paragraph (a) or approved under paragraph (b).[36/2012]
(2) If any provision in any code, standard of performance or specification is inconsistent with any provision of this Act, such provision, to the extent of the inconsistency —(a)
shall have effect subject to the provisions of this Act; and
(b)
having regard to the provisions of this Act, shall not have effect.[36/2012]
(3) Where any code, standard of performance or specification is issued, approved, amended or revoked by the Authority under subsection (1), the Authority must —(a)
notify each casino operator and any other person licensed or approved by the Authority who may be affected by the issuance, approval, amendment or revocation;
(b)
specify in the notice referred to in paragraph (a) the date that the issuance, approval, amendment or revocation is to take effect; and
(c)
ensure that, so long as the code, standard of performance or specification remains in force, copies of that code, standard of performance or specification are made available to the casino operators and any other person required to comply with the code, standard of performance or specification.[36/2012]
(4) Any code, standard of performance or specification issued or approved under this section —(a)
may be of general or specific application; and
(b)
may specify that different provisions thereof apply to different circumstances or provide for different cases or classes of cases.[36/2012]
(5) The Authority may, either generally or for such time as the Authority may specify, waive the application of any code, standard of performance or specification, or part thereof, issued or approved under this section to any casino operator or other person.[36/2012]
Guidelines on compliance
Open ↗200C.—(1) The Authority may, with a view to enabling any person to order that person’s affairs in compliance with the provisions of this Act, issue such guidelines as it considers appropriate for providing guidance —(a)
in furtherance of its regulatory objectives; or
(b)
on any matter relating to casino operations.[36/2012]
(2) Any failure by a person to comply with any of the provisions of a guideline issued under this section that applies to that person does not of itself render that person liable to criminal proceedings but any such failure may, in any proceedings whether civil or criminal, be relied upon by any party to the proceedings as tending to establish or to negate any liability which is in question in the proceedings.[36/2012]
(3) To avoid doubt, any guideline issued under this section does not have legislative effect.[36/2012]
Source: Singapore Statutes Online (Attorney-General's Chambers), © Government of Singapore.
