Singapore legislation
Clause 18
Clause 18
Amendment of section 34
Section 34 of the principal Act is amended —
by deleting subsection (1) and substituting the following subsection:“(1) The Director may order any person whom the Director reasonably suspects to be a drug addict to be committed, for a period not exceeding 7 days, to any place specified by the Director for the purpose of any medical examination or observation.”;
by inserting, immediately after the words “section 31(4)(b)” in subsection (2), the words “or the hair test conducted under section 31A”;
by inserting, immediately after the words “for the urine tests” in subsection (2), the words “, or who supplied the hair specimens for the hair test”;
by deleting the words “2 years” in subsection (2)(a) and substituting the words “5 years”;
by deleting subsection (2A);
by deleting the words “6 months” in subsections (3), (3A) and (4) and substituting in each case the words “12 months”;
by deleting subsection (4A); and
by deleting the words “3 years” in subsection (5) and substituting the words “4 years”.