Common Gaming Houses (Amendment) Bill

Bill No. 22/1971

Read the first time on 19th October 1971.

An Act to amend the Common Gaming Houses Act (Chapter 96 of the 1970 Revised Edition).

Be it enacted by the President with the advice and consent of the Parliament of Singapore, as follows: —

Short title and commencement

1. This Act may be cited as the Common Gaming Houses (Amendment) Act, 1971, and shall come into operation on such date as the Minister may, by notification in the Gazette, appoint.

Amendment of section 4

2. Subsection (1) of section 4 of the Common Gaming Houses Act (hereinafter in this Act referred to as “the principal Act”) is hereby amended —

(a)	by deleting the words “or assists in carrying on a public lottery” appearing in paragraph (c) thereof;
(b)	by deleting paragraphs (d), (e) and (f) thereof; and
(c)	by re-lettering the existing paragraphs (g) and (h) thereof as paragraphs (d) and (e) respectively.

New Section 4A

3. The principal Act is hereby amended by inserting immediately after section 4 thereof the following new section: —

“Assists in carrying on a public lottery, etc.

4A. Any person who —

(a)	assists in the carrying on of a public lottery;
(b)	receives, directly or indirectly, any money or money’s worth for or in respect of any chance in any event or contingency connected with a public lottery or sells or offers for sale or gives or delivers or collects any lottery ticket,
(c)	draws, throws, declares or exhibits, expressly or otherwise, the winner or winning number, ticket, lot, figure, design, symbol or other result of any public lottery; or
(d)	writes, prints or publishes or causes to be written, printed or published any lottery ticket or list of prizes or any announcement of the result of a public lottery or any announcement or riddle relating to a public lottery,

shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction 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.”.

Amendment of section 10

4. Subsection (2) of section 10 of the principal Act is hereby amended by deleting the words “not below the rank of sergeant” appearing in the first and second lines thereof.

New section 13A

5. The principal Act is hereby amended by inserting immediately after section 13 thereof the following new section: —

“Arrest without warrant

13A. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 13 of this Act any police officer having reasonable grounds to believe that such instruments or appliances as are mentioned in that section may be found on any person may arrest and search that person and if any such instrument or appliance is found upon him he shall be taken before a Magistrate’s Court to be dealt with according to law.”.

Repeal and re-enactment of section 23

6. Section 23 of the principal Act is hereby repealed and the following substituted therefor: —

“Exemption

23. The Minister may, by notification in the Gazette, either generally or in particular cases, exempt from all or any of the provisions of this Act the members and officers of any racing club, racing association, or any other company or association, or body of persons corporate or unincorporate, society, club or other lawful organisation in respect of any public lottery or sweepstake held, promoted, organised, administered or operated by it or its duly authorised officers or agents at places subject to the control or supervision of any one or more of the officers of such racing club, racing association or other company or association or body of persons corporate or unincorporate, society, club or other lawful organisation.”.

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