Singapore legislation
Section 58A
Section 58A
Specifying drugs as temporarily listed drugs in Fifth Schedule
(1)
The Minister may, by order in the Gazette, amend the Fifth Schedule by specifying any drug as a temporarily listed drug in that Schedule if that drug is not specified in Part 1, 2 or 3 of the First Schedule.
(2)
Any drug specified in the Fifth Schedule on 1 May 2013, or any additional drug specified under subsection (1) as a temporarily listed drug, must be deleted from the Fifth Schedule —
at the expiry of a period of 12 months commencing from the date the drug is so specified (called in this section the initial period); or
at the expiry of a period of 24 months commencing from the date the drug is so specified, if before the expiry of the initial period, the Minister states, by notification in the Gazette, that the drug is to remain a temporarily listed drug for a further period.
(3)
Before the expiry of the period referred to in subsection (2)(a) or (b), the Minister may amend the Fifth Schedule by deleting any drug specified in that Schedule.