Operating casino without casino licence prohibited
43.—(1) No person shall operate a casino without a valid casino licence in force.
(2) Any person who contravenes subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $200,000 and, in the case of a continuing offence, to a further fine not exceeding $20,000 for every day or part thereof during which the offence continues after conviction.
(3) The court before which a person is convicted of an offence under this section shall, in addition to imposing on that person any other punishment, order the payment by him of a sum which is equal to his gross gaming revenue for the period that the offence was committed, and any such payment ordered shall be recoverable as a fine.
(4) In this section, “gross gaming revenue” has the same meaning as in section 146 as if the person who operated the casino had been a casino operator.
Application for casino licence
44.—(1) An application for a casino licence may be made to the Authority only by the owner of a designated site on which a casino is intended to be located or, with the approval of the Authority, by a person nominated by that owner.
(2) Every application for a casino licence or for the renewal of a casino licence shall be—
- (a) made to the Authority in a form specified by the Authority;
- (b) accompanied by the prescribed application fee; and
- (c) accompanied by such documents and information as may be required by the Authority as regards that licence.
(3) If an application is refused under subsection (4) or withdrawn by the applicant, the Authority, in its discretion, may refund the whole or part of the application fee.
(4) If a requirement under this section is not complied with, the Authority may refuse to consider the application.
