s 43 Operating casino without casino licence prohibited
43.—(1) A person must not operate a casino without a valid casino licence in force. (2) Any person who contravenes subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction —(a) for a first offence, to a fine not exceeding $500,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 7 years or to both and, in the case of a continuing offence, to a further fine not exceeding $50,000 for every day or part of a day during which the offence continues after conviction; and (b) for a second or subsequent offence, to a fine not exceeding $700,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 10 years or to both and, in the case of a continuing offence, to a further fine not exceeding $70,000 for every day or part of a day during which the offence continues after conviction.[Act 29 of 2024 wef 30/10/2024] (3) The court before which a person is convicted of an offence under this section, in addition to imposing on that person any other punishment, is to order the payment by that person of a sum which is equal to that person’s gross gaming revenue for the period that the offence was committed, and any such payment ordered is recoverable as a fine. (4) In this section, “gross gaming revenue” has the meaning given by section 146 as if the person who operated the casino had been a casino operator.