Singapore legislation

Clause 26

of Smoking (Control of Advertisements and Sale of Tobacco) Bill

Clause 26

Notice of test and intended prosecution

Where any tobacco or imitation tobacco product seized in pursuance of this Act is submitted to a test, then —

(a)

if the product is seized, the Director shall inform the person mentioned in section 24(3) of the result of the test; or

(b)

if the product was purchased and the test leads to the institution of proceedings for an offence under this Act, the Director shall 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 24(3) of the result of the test,and shall, where as a result of the test proceedings for an offence under this Act are instituted against any person, allow him to have the product tested on his behalf if it is reasonably practicable to do so.