§ 33 — Offence by underaged individual using false evidence of age, etc.

33.—(1) An underaged individual who uses any evidence that is false in a material particular in relation to the individual in order —(a)

to gamble in or from Singapore;

(b)

to enter or remain in an approved gambling venue during a restricted period of the approved gambling venue; or

(c)

to open or re‑open an account with a licensee to engage in general remote gambling,

shall be guilty of an offence and, subject to subsection (2), shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000.

(2) Despite section 42(2) and (3) of the Children and Young Persons Act 1993, an underaged individual must not be imprisoned, or detained in a detention centre, as a consequence of a failure to pay a fine that is imposed in respect of an offence under this section.

(3) An excluded person who uses any evidence that is false in a material particular in relation to the excluded person in order —(a)

to enter or remain in any gaming machine room during a restricted period of the gaming machine room; or

(b)

to engage in general remote gambling in or from Singapore,

in contravention of any gambling ban applicable to the excluded person shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 years or to both.

(4) This section does not apply to social gambling.

—(1) An underaged individual who uses any evidence that is false in a material particular in relation to the individual in order —(a)

to gamble in or from Singapore;

(b)

to enter or remain in an approved gambling venue during a restricted period of the approved gambling venue; or

(c)

to open or re‑open an account with a licensee to engage in general remote gambling,

shall be guilty of an offence and, subject to subsection (2), shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000.

(2) Despite section 42(2) and (3) of the Children and Young Persons Act 1993, an underaged individual must not be imprisoned, or detained in a detention centre, as a consequence of a failure to pay a fine that is imposed in respect of an offence under this section.

(3) An excluded person who uses any evidence that is false in a material particular in relation to the excluded person in order —(a)

to enter or remain in any gaming machine room during a restricted period of the gaming machine room; or

(b)

to engage in general remote gambling in or from Singapore,

in contravention of any gambling ban applicable to the excluded person shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 years or to both.

(4) This section does not apply to social gambling.