Singapore legislation

Clause 22

of Registration of Criminals (Amendment) Bill

Clause 22

Related amendments to Misuse of Drugs Act 1973

The Misuse of Drugs Act 1973 is amended —

(a)

by deleting the definition of “intimate sample” in section 40A(1) and substituting the following definition:“ “invasive sample” means any body sample that is obtained by means of any invasive procedure, but does not include any sample described in subsection (3);”;

(b)

by deleting the words “intimate sample” in section 40B(5)(b) and substituting the words “invasive sample”;

(c)

by deleting paragraph (b) of section 40D(2) and substituting the following paragraph:“(b)for comparison with information in the register of criminals or identification database maintained under section 4 or 29 of the Registration of Criminals Act 1949 or with DNA information in the DNA database maintained under section 31 of that Act, as the case may be;”; and

(d)

by inserting, immediately after paragraph (e) of section 40D(2), the following paragraphs:“(ea)for any investigation into a death conducted by a police officer, a Coroner or a forensic pathologist (including a post‑mortem examination) or any inquiry into any death held by a Coroner, under the Coroners Act 2010;

(eb)for identifying a dead person or any part of a person;

(ec)for identifying a person in order to provide police assistance to the person;”.

Clause 22 — Registration of Criminals (Amendment) Bill