TITLE 10: LOCAL LAWS DIVISION 2: SECOND SENATORIAL DISTRICT (TINIAN, ETC.)
§ 25162. Provision Relating to Minors in Respect of Casinos. (a) Persons under the age of 18 years shall not be, and shall not be permitted to be, in a casino during the hours of operation of the casino on any day unless such person is employed by a government law enforcement agency or the Commission or the casino and the presence of such person in the casino during the operation of the casino is necessarily related to his/her employment. (b) A person under the age of 18 years who is found in a casino during the hours of operation of the casino on any day is in violation of this chapter, unless such person is employed by a government law enforcement agency or the Commission or the casino and the presence of such person in the casino during the operation of the casino is necessarily related to his/her employment. (c) Unless such person is employed by a government law enforcement agency or the Commission or the casino and the presence of such person in the casino during the operation of the casino is necessarily related to his/her employment, a casino operator or employee or agent of a casino operator employed in or acting in connection with the casino: (1) shall not allow or suffer any person under the age of 18 years to enter or remain in the casino at any time during the hours of operation of the casino on any day; (2) shall remove or cause to be removed from the casino any person under the age of 18 years who is found in the casino during the operation of the casino on any day. (d) (1) If a casino operator or employee or agent of a casino operator employed in or acting in connection with the casino suspects that any person attempting to enter or who is in the casino may be under the age of 18 years, he may request that person to furnish him a certificate in the prescribed form, signed by that person, specifying the true age of that person and in the case of a person under the age of 18 years who is employed by a government law enforcement agency or the Commission or the casino, a certificate of such employment. (2) If a person, in being requested to furnish a certificate under this subsection: (i) fails to furnish such certificate and attempts further to enter the casino; (ii) fails to furnish such a certificate and fails to leave the casino voluntarily; or (iii) furnishes a certificate that is false or misleading in any material particular, he is in violation of this chapter. (e) It is a defense in any proceedings for an offense under the subsection (c) of this section to establish: (1) that the defendant believed, on reasonable grounds, that the person in question was of or above the age of 18 years; or (2) that at the time of contravention of or failure to comply with the subsection (c) of this section, the defendant had obtained from the person in
TITLE 10: LOCAL LAWS DIVISION 2: SECOND SENATORIAL DISTRICT (TINIAN, ETC.)
question a certificate referred to in subsection (d) of this section that indicated that person was of or above the age of 18 years, or that such person was employed by a government law enforcement agency or the Commission or the casino and the presence of such person in the casino was necessarily related to that person’s employment. Source: TLL 21-9, § 4 (§ 25162) (Mar. 30, 2020).