s 165 Committee may make exclusion order or visit limit in certain circumstances
165.—(1) A Committee may, without receiving any application, by written order make either an exclusion order or a visit limit against a person, if —(a) it comes to the attention of the Committee that the person has a poor credit record; or (b) the Committee is of the opinion that the person is vulnerable to financial harm because of his or her gambling.[36/2012] (2) For the purposes of determining whether a person is vulnerable to financial harm under subsection (1)(b), the Committee may have regard, but not be limited, to all or any of the following factors:(a) the financial situation of the person; (b) any indebtedness of the person or inability of the person to pay his or her debts as they fall due; (c) the frequency of the person’s visits to a casino or the extent of the person’s gambling whether or not in the casino.[36/2012] [Act 15 of 2022 wef 01/08/2022] (3) For the purposes of enabling a Committee to make a determination under subsection (1), an officer of the Council may —(a) by written notice, require the respondent against whom the exclusion order or visit limit is being considered, any family member of the respondent, any casino operator or gambling operator to furnish such information or produce such document or record as may be specified in the notice relating to the respondent or to any of the matters referred to in subsection (2), which is in the possession or under the control of the respondent, family member, casino operator or gambling operator, as the case may be;[Act 15 of 2022 wef 01/08/2022] (b) by written notice to any statutory body, request that statutory body to furnish such information or produce such document or record as may be specified in the notice relating to the respondent or to any of the matters referred to in subsection (2); and (c) inspect, keep or make copies of such document or record.[36/2012] (4) Every person required to furnish any information or produce any document or record by a notice under subsection (3) is legally bound to state the truth and to produce such documents and records as may be specified in the notice.[36/2012] (5) Before a Committee makes an exclusion order or a visit limit against any person under subsection (1), the Committee must, by a written notice, give the person a reasonable opportunity to object to the proposed order or visit limit.[36/2012] (6) An exclusion order made under subsection (1) may do any of the following:(a) ban the respondent from —(i) entering or remaining on all casino premises; or (ii) taking part in any gaming in all casino premises; (b) ban the respondent from —(i) entering or remaining on all gaming machine rooms except to perform defined work within any of those rooms; or (ii) taking part in any gaming in all gaming machine rooms; (c) require the respondent to not engage in all manner of general remote gambling; (d) all bans and requirements in paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) or any combination thereof, for as long as the circumstances in subsection (1) exist in relation to that person or for such other period as may be specified in the order. [Act 15 of 2022 wef 01/08/2022] (7) A visit limit made under subsection (1) against a person must —(a) specify the period during which it is in force; and (b) specify the maximum number of visits in aggregate that the person may make to any casino in each month.[36/2012] (8) In making a visit limit under subsection (1) against a person, the Committee may also refer the person to participate in a programme of counselling, rehabilitation or special education or any combination of these.[36/2012] (9) A Committee may, at any time, revoke an exclusion order or a visit limit made under subsection (1) against a person if, having regard to all the circumstances of the case, the Committee is of the opinion that an exclusion order or a visit limit would no longer be in the best interests of the person and his or her family members.[22/2009; 36/2012] (10) A person who is aggrieved by an exclusion order or a visit limit made against him or her by a Committee under subsection (1) may, within 30 days of being notified of the decision of the Committee, appeal to the Council whose decision is final.[36/2012]