Singapore legislation

Clause 5

of Intoxicating Substances (Amendment) Bill

Clause 5

Amendment of section 16

Section 16 of the principal Act is amended by deleting subsection (2) and substituting the following subsections:“(2) The Director may make a supervision order requiring —

(a)

a person who has been convicted of an offence under section 3(2); or

(b)

a person who has been discharged from an approved centre under section 21,to be subject to supervision by an officer of the Bureau or a person appointed by the Director for that purpose for a supervision period not exceeding 12 months.(2A) Where the person referred to in subsection (2)(a) is sentenced to a term of imprisonment, the supervision order shall commence upon the expiration of that sentence.”.