National Gambling Act, 2004 (Act No. 7 of 2004) > Chapter 3 : Jurisdiction and Licensing > Part D : Licensing norms and standards > 49. Disqualifications for employment licences

1)	A person must not hold an employment licence issued in terms of this Act or applicable provincial law, if that person-

a)	is under the age of 18 years;

b)	is a public servant or political office bearer;

c)	is listed on the register of excluded persons;

d)	is subject to an order of a competent court holding that person to be mentally unfit or deranged;

e)	has ever been removed from an office of trust on account of misconduct relating to fraud or the misappropriation of money;

has been convicted during the previous ten years, in the Republic or elsewhere, of theft, fraud, forgery or uttering a forged document, perjury, an offence under the Prevention and Combating of Corrupt Activities Act, 2004 (Act No. 12 of 2004), the Prevention of Organised Crime Act, 1998 (Act No. 121 of 1998), the Financial Intelligence Centre Act, the Protection of Constitutional Democracy against Terrorist and Related Activities Act, 2004 (Act No. 33 of 2004), or an offence in terms of this Act or applicable provincial law, and has been sentenced to imprisonment without the option of a fine, or to a fine exceeding the prescribed amount, unless the person has received a grant of amnesty or free pardon for the offence; or

g)	has been convicted during the previous ten years of any computer or computer software related crime.

2)	A licensing authority may not issue an employment licence to a person if the applicant falls within any of the enumerated disqualifications set out in subsection (1).

3)	An employment licence issued in terms of this Act is deemed to have been cancelled if the licensee becomes disqualified in terms of subsection (1) at any time after the licence was granted.