Saving arrangements for renaming of Casino Regulatory Authority of Singapore
52.—(1) From the appointed day, any reference in any written law or contract or other document to the Casino Regulatory Authority is a reference to the Authority.
(2) The change in corporate name of the Casino Regulatory Authority under section 3 does not operate —(a)
to create a new legal entity;
(b)
to prejudice or affect the identity of the body corporate and public authority constituted by the Casino Regulatory Authority or its continuity as a body corporate and public authority;
(c)
to affect the property of, or the exercise of any right or the enforcement of any obligation by or against, the Casino Regulatory Authority; or
(d)
to render defective any legal proceedings by or against the Casino Regulatory Authority.
(3) From the appointed day, any legal proceedings that might have been continued or commenced by or against the Authority in its former corporate name of the Casino Regulatory Authority may be continued or commenced by or against the Authority in its new corporate name of the Gambling Regulatory Authority of Singapore.
(4) From the appointed day, any reference in any written law or document to the Casino Regulatory Authority and to the Casino Control Act 2006 in connection with the Casino Regulatory Authority must be read as a reference to the Gambling Regulatory Authority of Singapore and the Gambling Regulatory Authority of Singapore Act 2022, respectively.
Saving and transitional provision for section 48
53. To avoid doubt, despite section 48, every individual who, immediately before the appointed day, is —(a)
the Chairperson or a member of the Casino Regulatory Authority;
(b)
a member of a committee appointed under section 12 of the Casino Control Act 2006;
(c)
the Chief Executive of the Casino Regulatory Authority appointed under section 13 of the Casino Control Act 2006; or
(d)
an officer, employee, consultant or agent appointed under section 13 of the Casino Control Act 2006,
continues to hold such office as if he or she were appointed under the corresponding provision in this Act.
Other saving and transitional provisions
54.—(1) Despite section 50(8), any offence allegedly committed before the date of the commencement of that provision and which is, immediately before that date, prescribed as a compoundable offence for the purposes of section 22 of the Singapore Totalisator Board Act 1987, may continue to be compounded as if section 22 of that Act had not been repealed by section 50(8).
(2) For a period of 2 years after the date of commencement of section 50, the Minister charged with the responsibility for finance may, by regulations, prescribe such additional provisions of a saving or transitional nature consequent on the enactment of that provision as that Minister may consider necessary or expedient.
(3) For a period of 2 years after the date of commencement of any other provision of this Act, the Minister may, by regulations, prescribe such additional provisions of a saving or transitional nature consequent on the enactment of that provision as the Minister may consider necessary or expedient.
(4) To avoid doubt, nothing in or done under this Part prejudices section 16 of the Interpretation Act 1965.
