3. A resident wishing to enter the casino premises of a casino operator shall pay the appropriate entry levy by any of the following modes of payment which are accepted by the casino operator:
(a)
in cash, cashier’s order or money order;
(b)
by charging the entry levy to a debit card or credit card accepted by the casino operator;
(c)
by an electronic funds transfer to the casino operator’s bank account;
(d)
by the transfer of e-money (within the meaning given by the Payment Services Act 2019 (Act 2 of 2019)) to the casino operator’s payment account (within the meaning given by that Act).
[S 60/2020 wef 28/01/2020]
Pre-payment of entry levy
4.—(1) A casino operator may collect an entry levy from a resident in advance of the resident entering its casino premises, the validity period of which starts on the earlier of the following:
(a)
the first entry of the resident to its casino premises after the collection of the entry levy;
(b)
6 hours after the time of the collection of the entry levy.
[S 513/2019 wef 01/08/2019]
(2) A casino operator must not —
(a)
change the time delimited by paragraph (1) for the start of the validity period of an entry levy collected in advance; or
(b)
collect any entry levy from a resident while the resident has a right to enter its casino premises, by reason of having previously paid an entry levy (whether before, on or after 1 August 2019) which has a remaining validity period of more than 6 hours.
[S 513/2019 wef 01/08/2019]
(3) Any entry levy that has been paid shall not be refundable, in whole or in part, even if the resident who paid the entry levy does not enter or remain on the casino premises during the validity period of the entry levy.
Entry levy for over-stay
4A.—(1) Where a patron pays an entry levy for an over-stay period, the validity period of the entry levy shall be deemed to commence immediately after the expiry of the period in respect of which the person has paid an entry levy specified in section 116(1)(a) or (b) of the Act.
(2) In this regulation, “over-stay period” has the meaning ascribed to it in section 116(6B)(a) of the Act.
[S 54/2013 wef 31/01/2013]
Duty of casino operator to inform patrons of entry levy, etc.
5. A casino operator shall, subject to such conditions as the Authority may think fit to impose —
(a)
display prominently at each entrance to and exit from its casino premises, and at each place where the entry levy to enter its casino premises may be paid, a notice stating —
(i)
the amount of the entry levy payable; and
(ii)
such other information pertaining to the entry levy as the Authority may, by notice in writing, require; and
(b)
provide clear information to every resident when he is paying an entry levy —
(i)
about the validity period of the entry levy;
(ii)
about the start of the validity period mentioned in regulation 4(1); and
[S 513/2019 wef 01/08/2019]
(iii)
that, except where directed under section 117(4) of the Act, the entry levy paid is not refundable.
Prohibited transactions in relation to entry levy
6. Without prejudice to the generality of section 116(3) of the Act, an indirect refund, remission or reimbursement of entry levy by a casino operator to a resident shall include —
(a)
the giving of any right, privilege, discount or benefit to the resident (in addition to entry to the casino premises) by the casino operator or by any other person under an arrangement with the casino operator, in exchange for payment of the entry levy;
(b)
any set-off of the entry levy payable by the resident —
(i)
against any other amount (including any other entry levy) paid by the resident to the casino operator; or
(ii)
against an amount paid by the resident to any other person; and
(c)
the payment of any part of the entry levy on behalf of the resident by ––
(i)
the casino operator; or
(ii)
any other person on behalf of the casino operator.
