Singapore legislation

Section 28

of Tobacco (Control of Advertisements and Sale) Act 1993

Section 28

Notice of test and intended prosecution

Where any tobacco product or imitation tobacco product seized under this Act is submitted to a test, the Chief Executive must —

(a)

if the product is seized, inform the person mentioned in section 26(4) of the result of the test;

(b)

if the product was purchased and the test leads to the institution of proceedings for an offence under this Act, inform the person from whom the product was purchased or, in the case of a product sold through a vending machine, the person mentioned in section 26(4) of the result of the test; and

(c)

if as a result of the test proceedings for an offence under this Act are instituted against any person, allow the person to have the product tested on the person’s behalf if it is reasonably practicable to do so.

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