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6 PART 1 PRELIMINARY Short title and commencement

1. This Act may be cited as the Remote Gambling Act 2014 and shall come into operation on such date as the Minister may, by notification in the Gazette, appoint.

General interpretation

2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—

“authorised officer”, in relation to any provision of this Act, means any police officer or other public officer, or employee of the MDA or other public authority, appointed under section 32 to perform any function or exercise any power under that provision;

“business” includes a venture or concern in trade or commerce, whether or not conducted on a regular, repetitive or continuous basis;

“certificate of exemption” means a certificate of exemption issued under section 26(1);

“conduct” means any act or omission, or any series of acts or omissions, or both;

“exempt operator” means a person who is the holder of a certificate of exemption;

“facilitate”, in relation to the commission of an offence, means any conduct by a person that enables or aids the commission of the offence by another where either—
 * (a) the person intends that the conduct would enable or aid the commission of the offence; or
 * (b) the person is reckless as to whether or not the conduct would enable or aid the commission of the offence,

but does not include mere advertising;

“MAS” means the Monetary Authority of Singapore established under the Monetary Authority of Singapore Act (Cap. 186);