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Rh (3) On the trial of any person (called the accused) for an offence under subsection (1), it is not necessary for the prosecution to prove the identity of any particular individual facilitated by the accused to gamble in Singapore in contravention of section 8 if—
 * (a) the remote gambling transactions are carried out by anyone using equipment or facilities provided by the accused; and
 * (b) those facilities are accessed, or are available for access, by end‑users in Singapore.

(4) It does not matter whether the conduct referred to in subsection (1) or (2) is done or made partly inside and partly outside Singapore provided that that conduct, if done or made wholly in Singapore, would constitute an offence under subsection (1) or (2), as the case may be.

(5) For the purposes of subsections (1) and (2), a reference to a principal of a person includes—
 * (a) a reference to the employer of the person; and
 * (b) a reference to the principal or employer of the person’s principal or employer, and so on.

(6) An offence under subsection (1) or (2) is an arrestable offence.

Prohibition against overseas remote gambling service with Singapore-customer link

10.—(1) A person who provides outside Singapore a remote gambling service with a Singapore-customer link shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine of not less than $20,000 and not more than $500,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 7 years or to both.

(2) Where a person is charged with an offence under subsection (1) of providing a remote gambling service with a Singapore-customer link, it is a defence for the person charged to prove that the person did not know, and could not with reasonable diligence have ascertained, that the service had a Singapore‑customer link.