Singapore legislation
Clause 13
Clause 13
Amendment of section 31
Section 31 of the principal Act is amended —
by inserting, immediately after subsection (1), the following subsections:“(1A) The Director may, for the purpose of ensuring that a relevant person is no longer a drug addict, after the relevant time, order the relevant person —
to present himself to any officer of the Bureau, immigration officer or police officer not below the rank of sergeant; and
to provide a specimen of the relevant person’s urine for urine tests to be conducted under this section as required by such officer.(1B) Any serviceman in the Singapore Armed Forces who is appointed by the Minister as an enforcement officer may, if the enforcement officer reasonably suspects a person subject to military law under section 3 of the Singapore Armed Forces Act (Cap. 295) to have committed an offence under section 8(b), require that person to provide a specimen of that person’s urine for urine tests to be conducted under this section.”;
by inserting, immediately after the words “subsection (1)” in subsection (2), the words “, (1A) or (1B)”;
by inserting, immediately after subsection (2), the following subsection:“(2A) A person who fails, without reasonable excuse, to comply with an order under subsection (1A) shall be guilty of an offence.”;
by inserting, immediately after the words “subsection (1)” in subsection (5), the words “, (1A) or (1B)”; and
by inserting, immediately after subsection (8), the following subsection:“(9) In this section and section 31A —“relevant person” means —
any person discharged from an approved institution;
any person convicted of an offence under subsection (2) or section 8(b) or 31A(2);
any person subject to a supervision order made under section 34(2)(a) whose supervision order has lapsed; or
any person who —
after having undergone treatment and rehabilitation at approved or other institutions; or
after having been convicted of an offence under subsection (2) or section 8(b) or 31A(2) or an offence under section 34 of the Singapore Armed Forces Act,has been subject to a supervision order made pursuant to the regulations, and the supervision order has lapsed;“relevant time” means —
in relation to a person mentioned in paragraph (a) of the definition of “relevant person”, the time the person is discharged from the approved institution;
in relation to a person mentioned in paragraph (b) of the definition of “relevant person”, the time the person is convicted of the offence under subsection (2) or section 8(b) or 31A(2);
in relation to a person mentioned in paragraph (c) of the definition of “relevant person”, the time the supervision order lapses; or
in relation to a person mentioned in paragraph (d) of the definition of “relevant person”, the time the supervision order lapses.”.