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Common Gaming Houses Act

(Chapter 49)

Common Gaming Houses (Exemption) (Amendment) Notification 2007

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 24 of the Common Gaming Houses Act, the Minister for Home Affairs hereby makes the following Notification:

Citation and commencement

1. This Notification may be cited as the Common Gaming Houses (Exemption) (Amendment) Notification 2007 and shall come into operation on 1st June 2007.

Deletion and substitution of paragraph 4

2. Paragraph 4 of the Common Gaming Houses (Exemption) Notification (N 4) is deleted and the following paragraph substituted therefor:

“Conditional exemption for certain organisations

4.—(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), any public lottery promoted by an organisation which is —

(a)	a full member or an associate member of the National Council of Social Service established under section 3 of the National Council of Social Service Act (Cap. 195A), other than a charity or an institution of a public character;
(b)	a charity; or
(c)	an institution of a public character,

shall be exempted from the provisions of the Act if the following conditions and the additional conditions set out in paragraph 5 are complied with:

(i)	the price of each lottery ticket, the name and address of the organisation, and the details of the prizes shall be clearly stated on the ticket;
(ii)	no lottery ticket shall be issued except by way of sale and upon receipt of its price in full;
(iii)	the name and address of the purchaser of each ticket shall be recorded in the counterfoil to the ticket;
(iv)	the whole proceeds of the lottery, after deducting sums reasonably appropriated for expenses in the conduct of the lottery which shall not exceed 30% of the proceeds, shall be applied for the purpose of the organisation; and
(v)	the organisation shall not promote more than one lottery a year.

(2) Sub-paragraph (1)(iv) shall not apply to any lottery that is promoted —

(a)	by a charity during its financial year commencing on or after 1st June 2007 or any of its subsequent financial years; or
(b)	by an institution of a public character during its financial year commencing on or after 1st July 2006 or any of its subsequent financial years.

(3) In this paragraph —

“charity” has the same meaning as in section 2(1) of the Charities Act (Cap. 37) but does not include any charity which is specified in the Schedule to that Act or is an institution of a public character;

“institution of a public character” has the same meaning as in section 40A of the Charities Act.”.

[G.N. No. S 409/2006]

Made this 22nd day of May 2007.

BENNY LIM

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Home Affairs,
Singapore.

[MHA (PS) 10/2/2; AG/LEG/SL/49/2002/1 Vol. 4]