Singapore legislation

Section 11

of Tobacco (Control of Advertisements and Sale) Act 1993

Section 11

Control of use of tobacco products by under-aged persons

Amended by9/201646/20179/20169/201646/2017

(1)

A person who, being an under-aged person —

(a)

uses or has in the person’s possession, in a public place or on a road in Singapore, any tobacco product; or

(b)

buys in Singapore any tobacco product,shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $300.

Amended by9/201646/2017

(2)

For the purposes of subsection (1), it does not matter whether the possession or the buying of the tobacco product by the person is for the person’s own use or for someone else to use.

Amended by9/2016

(3)

Where a police officer or an authorised officer finds in any public place or on a road a person, whom the officer reasonably suspects as being an under-aged person, using or about to use any tobacco product or in possession of any tobacco product, the officer may seize the tobacco product.

Amended by9/201646/2017

(4)

In this section —

Definition

“public place” means the premises of a school within the meaning given by the Education Act 1957 or any premises to which members of the public or a section of the public have or ordinarily would have access whether on payment of a fee or otherwise;

Definition

“road” has the meaning given by the Road Traffic Act 1961.

Section 11 — Tobacco (Control of Advertisements and Sale) Act 1993