(a) It shall be the affirmative responsibility of each applicant and licensee to establish by clear and convincing evidence his individual qualifications, and for a casino licensee the qualifications, of each person who is required to be qualified under this chapter as well as the facility in which the casino is to be located.
(b) Any applicant, licensee, registrant, or any other person who must be qualified pursuant to this chapter shall provide all information required by this chapter and satisfy all requests for information pertaining to qualification and in the form specified by the Commission. All applicants, registrants, and licensees shall waive liability as to the Government of the Virgin Islands, and liability as to the Government of the Virgin Islands, and its instrumentalities and agents, for any damages resulting from any disclosure or publication in any manner, other than a willfully unlawful disclosure or publication, of any material or information acquired during inquiries, investigations or hearings.
(c) All applicants, licensees, registrants, intermediary companies, and holding companies shall consent to inspections, searches and seizures and the supplying of handwriting exemplars, as authorized by this chapter and regulations promulgated hereunder.
(d) All applicants, licensees, registrants, and other persons who shall be qualified pursuant to this chapter shall have the continuing duty to provide any assistance or information required by the Commission or Division, and to cooperate in any inquiry or investigation conducted by the Division and any inquiry, investigation, or hearing conducted by the Commission. If, upon issuance of a formal request to answer or produce information, evidence or testimony, any applicant, license, registrants, or any other person who shall be qualified pursuant to this chapter refuses to comply, the application, license, registration or qualification of such person may be denied or revoked by the Commission.
(e) No applicant or licensee shall give or provide, offer to give or provide, directly or indirectly, any compensation or reward or any percentage or share of the money or property played or received through gaming or simulcast wagering activities, except as authorized by this chapter, in consideration for obtaining any license, authorization, permission or privilege to participate in any way in gaming or simulcast wagering operations.
(f) Each applicant or person who must be qualified under this chapter shall be photographed and fingerprinted for identification and investigation purposes in accordance with procedures established by the Commission.
(g) All licensees, all registrants, all persons required to be qualified under this chapter, and all persons employed by a casino service industry licensed pursuant to this chapter, shall have a duty to inform the Commission, of any action which they believe would constitute a violation of this chapter. No person who so informs the Commission shall be discriminated against by an applicant, licensee or registrant because of the supplying of such information.
(h) Any person who must be qualified pursuant to this chapter in order to hold the securities of a casino licensee or any holding or intermediary company of a casino licensee may apply for qualification status prior to the acquisition of any such securities. The Commission may determine to accept such an application upon a finding that there is a reasonable likelihood that, if qualified, the applicant will obtain and hold securities of a licensee sufficient to require qualification. Such an applicant shall be subject to the provisions of this section and shall pay for the costs of all investigations and proceedings in relation to the application unless the applicant provides to the Commission an agreement with one or more casino licensees which states that the licensee or licensees will pay those costs.