Clause 8

by deleting subsection (1) and substituting the following subsections:“(1) No person shall —

import or permit the import of any cigarette for the purpose of sale;

distribute or permit the distribution of any cigarette for the purpose of sale;

sell or offer to sell, or permit the sale of or offer for sale of, any cigarette; or

possess any cigarette for the purpose of sale,except in a package that contains not less than the prescribed number of cigarettes.(1A) Subsection (1) shall not apply to the import of cigarettes into Singapore solely for the purpose of taking them out of Singapore, whether on the same conveyance on which they were brought into Singapore or on another conveyance and whether or not they are landed and kept in any place in Singapore pending their being taken out of Singapore.”;

by inserting, immediately before the definition of “package” in subsection (3), the following definitions:“ “cigarette” includes any cigarillo;“cigarillo” means —

a cigar that weighs less than 1.4 grams or such other weight as the Minister may by notification in the Gazette prescribe; or

any tobacco product that is labelled, described or promoted as a cigarillo;”; and

by deleting the definition of “package” in subsection (3) and substituting the following definition:“ “package” —

means any box, carton or other container in which cigarettes are supplied for the purpose of sale; and

includes, in the case where the package is, or several packages are, contained inside one or more larger packages, the smaller package or each of the smaller packages, as the case may be;”.