Singapore legislation

Section 31B

of Misuse of Drugs Act 1973

Section 31B

Oral fluid tests

Amended by1/20191/20191/2019

(1)

Any officer of the Bureau, immigration officer or police officer not below the rank of sergeant may, if the officer reasonably suspects any person to have committed an offence under section 8(b), require that person to provide one or more specimens of the person’s oral fluid for the purpose of conducting any oral fluid test.

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(2)

A person who, without reasonable excuse, fails to provide any specimen of the person’s oral fluid as required under subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence.

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(3)

In this section —

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Definition

“oral fluid test” means a test carried out by an oral fluid testing device for the purpose of ascertaining whether any controlled drug is present in the person’s oral fluid;

Definition

“oral fluid testing device” means any device that is designed to indicate the presence of any controlled drug in the person’s oral fluid.

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