- exceeding $5,000 or with imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 years or with both; and
- (c) provide for such transitional, savings and other consequential, incidental and supplemental provisions as the Minister considers necessary or expedient.
(3) All regulations made under this section are to be presented to Parliament as soon as possible after publication in the Gazette.
Transitional and savings provision
42.—(1) Despite anything in this Act, any person who, on the date of commencement of section 11, is providing a telephone betting service or a remote gambling service using any mobile application software and is exempted under the Betting Act (Cap. 21) and the Common Gaming Houses Act (Cap. 49) to provide that service may continue to provide that service—
- (a) for 6 months; and
- (b) if, within that period in paragraph (a), the person applies for a certificate of exemption under Part 5, the person may continue to do so until the earlier of the following:
- (i) the date on which the Minister issues a certificate of exemption to the person;
- (ii) the date that the application is refused or withdrawn.
(2) For a period of 2 years after the date of commencement of any provision of this Act, the Minister may, by regulations, prescribe such additional provisions of a savings or transitional nature consequent on the enactment of that provision as the Minister may consider necessary or expedient.
Related amendments to other written laws
43.—(1) The Betting Act (Cap. 21, 2011 Ed.) is amended by inserting, immediately after section 2, the following section:
