No. S 507
Casino Control Act
(Chapter 33A)
Casino Control (Prevention of Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing) Regulations 2009
In exercise of the powers conferred by section 200 of the Casino Control Act, the Casino Regulatory Authority of Singapore, with the approval of the Minister for Home Affairs, hereby makes the following Regulations:
PART I
PRELIMINARY
Citation and commencement
1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Casino Control (Prevention of Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing) Regulations 2009 and shall come into operation on 21st October 2009.
Definitions
2.  In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires —
“authorised employee”, in relation to any function, means an employee of a casino operator authorised by the casino operator to perform that function;
“beneficial owner”, in relation to a patron account, means ––
(a)in the case of a patron account opened in the name of a body corporate or unincorporate, an individual who ultimately owns or controls that body corporate or unincorporate; or
(b)a person on whose behalf the patron account is opened or the transactions in the patron account are conducted;
“branch office”, in relation to a casino operator, means a place (other than any part of the casino operator’s casino in Singapore), whether in Singapore or elsewhere, that offers all or any of the following services in relation to the casino operator:
(a)the processing of an application to open a deposit account;
(b)the receipt of an application for a credit line;
(c)the receipt from a patron of any deposit or any payment for an amount owed to the casino operator;
(d)the processing of a patron’s request to make a withdrawal, by way of cheque or electronic funds transfer, from the patron’s deposit account;
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“cash” means currency notes and coins (whether of Singapore or of a foreign country) which are legal tender and circulate as money in the country of issue;
“cash transaction report” means a report of a significant cash transaction required under regulation 3(1);
“foreign country” means a country or territory outside Singapore;
“higher‑risk patron” means a patron, or a beneficial owner of a patron account, who presents a higher risk of money laundering and terrorism financing, or is a politically‑exposed person;
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“identifying information” means all of the following information:
(a)full name, including any alias used;
(b)date of birth, for an individual, or date of incorporation or registration, for a body corporate or unincorporate;
(c)address, which shall be ––
(i)for an individual, the address of his usual place of residence; or
(ii)for a body corporate or unincorporate, the address of its principal place of business or office;
(d)contact number or numbers;
(e)nationality, for an individual, or place of incorporation or registration, for a body corporate or unincorporate;
(f)identification number, which shall be ––
(i)for an individual, an identity card number, a passport number, a taxpayer identification number or the number of any other document of identity issued by any government as evidence of the individual’s nationality or residence and bearing a photograph of the individual; or
(ii)for a body corporate or unincorporate, a registration number or the number of any other document issued by any government certifying the incorporation or existence of the body corporate or unincorporate;
(g)the type of identifying document referred to in paragraph (f) and its expiry date, if any;
(h)occupation, for an individual, or ordinary course of business, for a body corporate or unincorporate;
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(i)such other information as the Authority may specify in writing in any particular case;
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“immediate family member”, in relation to an individual, means a spouse, a child, an adopted child, a stepchild, a sibling, an adopted sibling, a stepsibling, a parent or a step‑parent of the individual;
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“patron” means any person who —
(a)opens a patron account with a casino operator; or
(b)is involved in a cash transaction with a casino operator within its casino premises,
whether or not that person participates in gaming in the casino;
“patron account” means a credit account, a cheque cashing account, a deposit account or any other account opened by or on behalf of a patron with a casino operator;
“politically‑exposed person” means —
(a)an individual who has been entrusted with any prominent public function —
(i)in Singapore or in a foreign country; or
(ii)in an international organisation;
(b)an immediate family member of an individual referred to in paragraph (a); or
(c)an individual who is a close associate (in a personal or professional capacity) of an individual referred to in paragraph (a);
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“prominent public function” includes the role held by a head of state, a head of government, a government minister, a senior public servant, a senior judicial or military official, a senior executive of a state‑owned corporation or an international organisation, a member of the legislature or a senior official of a political party;
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“significant cash transaction” means a single cash transaction referred to in regulation 3(1)(a) or collectively, the multiple cash transactions referred to in regulation 3(1)(b);
“suspicious transaction report” means a report disclosing any knowledge, suspicion or other matter made under section 39 of the Corruption, Drug Trafficking and Other Serious Crimes (Confiscation of Benefits) Act (Cap. 65A);
“Suspicious Transaction Reporting Officer” has the same meaning as in the Corruption, Drug Trafficking and Other Serious Crimes (Confiscation of Benefits) Act.
Made this 16th day of October 2009.
RICHARD MAGNUS
Chairman,
Casino Regulatory Authority of Singapore.
[CRA 20/4/6C Vol. 1; AG/LEG/SL/33A/2006/7 Vol. 1]