AI-assisted research summary: This provision gives the Act’s short title and defines several key terms used in it.
Singapore Totalisator Board Act 1987 2020 REVISED EDITION This revised edition incorporates all amendments up to and including 1 December 2021 and comes into operation on 31 December 2021 An Act to provide for the establishment of the Singapore Totalisator Board and for matters connected therewith. [Act 14 of 2022 wef 01/08/2022] [1 January 1988] PART 1 PRELIMINARY Short title 1. This Act is the Singapore Totalisator Board Act 1987. Interpretation 2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires — [Deleted by Act 14 of 2022 wef 01/08/2022] “Board” means the Singapore Totalisator Board established under section 3; “chief executive” means the chief executive of the Board, and includes any individual acting in that capacity; “Gambling Regulatory Authority of Singapore” means the Casino Regulatory Authority of Singapore continued and renamed as the Gambling Regulatory Authority of Singapore under the Gambling Regulatory Authority of Singapore Act 2022; [Act 14 of 2022 wef 01/08/2022] “gaming” means the playing of any game of chance or of mixed chance and skill for money or money’s worth; “horse race” includes a pony race; [Deleted by Act 14 of 2022 wef 01/08/2022] “race course” means any land used for the purpose of a race meeting; “race meeting” means a meeting for the purpose of horse racing; “totalisator” means any instrument for wagering or betting known by that name, and any other instrument, device, machine or method of a like nature and conducted on the same principles, and includes a numbers forecast totalisator paying a fixed minimum dividend; “totalisator agency” means any totalisator agency under the supervision of the Board, and includes any premises in which totalisator investments may be received; [Act 14 of 2022 wef 01/08/2022] “totalisator investment” means any money, currency note or cheque, or such other form of payment as may be approved by the Minister, received for investment on the totalisator; “turf club” means any club, association or other body of persons (whether incorporated or unincorporated) established for the purpose of promoting, conducting and controlling the sport of horse racing. [Act 14 of 2022 wef 01/08/2022] [Deleted by Act 14 of 2022 wef 01/08/2022]