Clause 7

by deleting the words “an Assistant Director” in subsection (2) and substituting the words “a Divisional Director”;

by deleting subsection (6) and substituting the following subsections:“(5A) In any case relating to the commission of an offence under section 33(3), an officer of the Central Narcotics Bureau —

has all the powers of a police officer under the Criminal Procedure Code (Cap. 68) in relation to an investigation into an arrestable offence; and

for the purposes of exercising such powers, is deemed to be a police officer not below the rank of inspector of police.(6) In this section —“Director”, “Deputy Director” and “Divisional Director”, in relation to the Central Narcotics Bureau, mean the Director, a Deputy Director and a Divisional Director, respectively, of the Central Narcotics Bureau appointed under section 3 of the Misuse of Drugs Act (Cap. 185);“officer of the Central Narcotics Bureau” means the Director, a Deputy Director, a Divisional Director or any other officer of the Central Narcotics Bureau appointed under section 3 of the Misuse of Drugs Act.”; and

by inserting, immediately after the words “sections 44, 45 and 46” in the section heading, the word “, etc.”.