Singapore legislation
Section 3C
Section 3C
Requirements for smoking facilities
(1)
The Agency may, with the approval of the Minister, prescribe the specified places in which a smoking facility may be located and the requirements for a smoking facility in those specified places.
(2)
For the purposes of subsection (1), different requirements may be prescribed —
in relation to different specified places;
in relation to different classes of specified places; or
in relation to specified places within and outside a no‑smoking zone.
(3)
Where a specified place is prescribed as a specified place in which a smoking facility may be located, the manager of the specified place, or the Director‑General (in accordance with subsection (4)), may designate an area or a room in the specified place as a smoking facility.
(4)
Before designating a smoking facility in a specified place, the Director‑General must —
give written notice to the manager of the specified place of the Director‑General’s intention to designate a smoking facility in the specified place and when the designation is to take effect; and
give the manager of the specified place an opportunity to submit reasons, within the period specified in the notice, why the Director‑General should not designate a smoking facility in the specified place.
(5)
The manager of a specified place must ensure that every smoking facility within the specified place complies with the requirements prescribed for a smoking facility in such a specified place.
(6)
A manager of a specified place who contravenes subsection (5) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction —
to a fine not exceeding $5,000 and, in the case of a continuing offence, to a further fine not exceeding $500 for every day or part of a day during which the offence continues after conviction; and
in the case of a second or subsequent conviction, to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 months or to both and, in the case of a continuing offence, to a further fine not exceeding $500 for every day or part of a day during which the offence continues after conviction.
(7)
In proceedings for an offence under subsection (6), it is a defence for the manager of the specified place to prove that —
it was not reasonably practicable to do more than what was in fact done to comply with subsection (5); or
there was no better practicable means than what was in fact used to comply with subsection (5).