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REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE
GOVERNMENT GAZETTE
ACTS SUPPLEMENT
Published by Authority
| NO. 10] | Friday, February 14 | [1986 |
The following Act was passed by Parliament on 10th January 1986 and assented to by the President on 22nd January 1986:—
Common Gaming Houses (Amendment) Act 1986
(No. 9 of 1986)
I assent.
WEE KIM WEE
President. 22nd January 1986. |
Date of Commencement: 25th February 1986
An Act to amend the Common Gaming Houses Act (Chapter 96 of the Revised Edition).
Be it enacted by the President with the advice and consent of the Parliament of Singapore, as follows:
1. This Act may be cited as the Common Gaming Houses (Amendment) Act 1986 and shall come into operation on such date as the Minister may, by notification in the Gazette, appoint.
2. Section 4(1) of the Common Gaming Houses Act (referred to in this Act as the principal Act) is amended by deleting the words “to a fine not exceeding six thousand dollars or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years or to both such fine and imprisonment” and substituting the words “to a fine of not less than $5,000 and not more than $50,000 and shall also be punished with imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 years”.
3. Section 4A of the principal Act is amended by deleting the words “to a fine not less than two thousand dollars but not exceeding twenty thousand dollars or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years or to both such fine and imprisonment” and substituting the words “to a fine of not less than $20,000 and not more than $200,000 and shall also be punished with imprisonment for a term not exceeding 5 years”.
4. Section 5 of the principal Act is amended by deleting the words “to a fine not exceeding six thousand dollars or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years or to both such fine and imprisonment” and substituting the words “to a fine of not less than $5,000 and not more than $50,000 and shall also be punished with imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 years”.
5. Section 6 of the principal Act is repealed and the following section substituted therefor:
6. Section 7 of the principal Act is amended —
(a)
by deleting the words “to a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to both such fine and imprisonment” in subsection (2) and substituting the words “to a fine not exceeding $5,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both”;
(b)
by deleting the words “to a fine not exceeding six thousand dollars or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years or to both such fine and imprisonment” in subsection (3) and substituting the words “to a fine of not less than $20,000 and not more than $200,000 and shall also be punished with imprisonment for a term not exceeding 5 years”; and
(c)
by deleting the words “to a fine not exceeding six thousand dollars or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years or to both such fine and imprisonment” in subsection (4) and substituting the words “to a fine of not less than $20,000 and not more than $200,000 and shall also be punished with imprisonment for a term not exceeding 5 years”.
7. Section 8 (1) of the principal Act is amended by deleting the words “to a fine not exceeding two hundred and fifty dollars, or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or to both such fine and imprisonment” and substituting the words “to a fine not exceeding $5,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both”.
8. Sections 15, 16 and 17 of the principal Act are repealed and the following sections substituted therefor:
15. Where in any proceedings under this Act any instruments or appliances for gaming are found in any place entered under this Act or upon any person found in such place, it shall be presumed, until the contrary is proved, that the place is a common gaming house and that it is so kept, used or permitted to be used by the owner or occupier thereof and that any other person found in such place or escaping from it is gaming therein.
9. Section 21 of the principal Act is repealed and the following section substituted therefor:
21. A District Court or a Magistrate’s Court shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine all proceedings under this Act and, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the Criminal Procedure Code (Cap. 113), shall have power to impose the full penalty or punishment in respect of any offence under this Act.”.
10. Sections 23 and 24 of the principal Act are repealed and the following section substituted therefor:
23.
—(1) The Minister may, by notification in the Gazette, either generally or in any particular case and subject to such conditions as he may impose, exempt from all or any of the provisions of this Act any person or organisation in respect of any public lottery or gaming conducted under the control or supervision of such person or organisation.
(2) It shall be lawful for any person to participate in any public lottery or gaming exempted under subsection (1).”.