Singapore legislation

Clause 6

of Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) Bill

Clause 6

Amendment of Second Schedule

The Second Schedule to the principal Act is amended —

(a)

by inserting, immediately after the words “1200 grammes” in paragraph (a) in the second column, against section 5 in the first column relating to “Unauthorised traffic in opium”, the words “and containing not less than 20 grammes of morphine”;

(b)

by inserting, immediately after the words “1200 grammes” in paragraph (b) in the second column, against section 5 in the first column relating to “Unauthorised traffic in opium”, the words “and containing more than 30 grammes of morphine”;

(c)

by inserting, immediately after paragraph (b) of the entry relating to “Unauthorised traffic in cannabis” against section 5 in the first column, the following entries in the second and sixth columns as shown hereunder: PunishmentSection creating offence General nature of offence Class A drug involvedClass B drug involvedClass C drug involvedSpecified drug or quantity thereof or drug with specified content involvedGeneral5“Unauthorised traffic in cannabis mixture where the quantity is —

(a)

not less than 660 grammes and not more than 1000 grammes———Maximum 30 years and 15 strokesMinimum 20 years and 15 strokes—

(b)

more than 1000 grammes———Death—”;

(d)

by inserting, immediately after the words “1200 grammes” in paragraph (a) in the second column, against section 7 in the first column relating to “Unauthorised import or export of opium”, the words “and containing not less than 20 grammes of morphine”;

(e)

by inserting, immediately after the words “1200 grammes” in paragraph (b) in the second column, against section 7 in the first column relating to “Unauthorised import or export of opium”, the words “and containing more than 30 grammes of morphine”; and

(f)

by inserting, immediately after paragraph (b) of the entry relating to “Unauthorised import or export of cannabis” against section 7 in the first column, the following entries in the second and sixth columns as shown hereunder: PunishmentSection creating offenceGeneral nature of offenceClass A drug involvedClass B drug involvedClass C drug involvedSpecified drug or quantity thereof or drug with specified content involvedGeneral7“Unauthorised import or export of cannabis mixture where the quantity is —

(a)

not less than 660 grammes and not more than 1000 grammes———Maximum 30 years and 15 strokesMinimum 20 years and 15 strokes—

(b)

more than 1000 grammes———Death—”.

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