- (a) is the same as that in the invitation; or
- (b) is in the manner so invited,
provided that the gambling actually carried out is a probable consequence of that invitation.
(4) For the purposes of subsection (1), it also does not matter whether the gambling done or to be done by a young person pursuant to an invitation is only partly by means of remote communication or is partly inside and partly outside Singapore.
(5) An offence under subsection (1) is an arrestable offence.
Defence of reasonable belief of individual’s age
14. Where an individual (called the accused) is charged with an offence under section 12(1) or 13(1) of doing anything in relation to an individual who is a young person, it is a defence for the accused to prove that—
- (a) the accused took all reasonable steps to determine the individual’s age; and
- (b) the accused reasonably believed that the individual was not a young person.
PART 3
REMOTE GAMBLING ADVERTISING AND PROMOTION
Offence of publishing remote gambling service advertisement
15.—(1) A person who publishes, or authorises the publication of, a remote gambling service advertisement in Singapore shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $20,000.
(2) For the purposes of this section, a remote gambling service advertisement that is included on an online location may be regarded as published in Singapore only if the online location is accessed, or is available for access, by end‑users in Singapore.
