Singapore legislation

Clause 12

of Statutes (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill

Clause 12

Amendment of Medicines Act 1975, etc.

(1)

In the Medicines Act 1975 —

(a)

delete section 12A;

(b)

in section 16, delete subsection (3);

(c)

in section 16, delete subsection (6);

(d)

delete section 19A;

(e)

delete section 19B;

(f)

delete section 19C;

(g)

delete section 19D;

(h)

in section 20(3), delete “or a declaration under section 12A(2)”;

(i)

in section 20, delete subsection (4);

(j)

in section 20(6), delete “subsection (1), (2), (3) or (4)” and substitute “subsection (1), (2) or (3)”; and

(k)

in section 76, delete subsection (1).

(2)

Repeal the Medicines (Advertisement and Sale) Act 1955.

(3)

Repeal the Sale of Drugs Act 1914.

(4)

In the Pharmacists Registration Act 2007, in section 39(1)(b), delete “the Medicines (Advertisement and Sale) Act 1955,”.

(5)

In the Public Defenders Act 2022, in the Schedule, in paragraph 1(1)(c) —

(a)

delete sub-paragraph (xix); and

(b)

delete sub-paragraph (xxx).

(6)

In the Weights and Measures Act 1975 —

(a)

in section 2(1), delete the definition of “drug”;

(b)

in section 6(5), delete “drugs” wherever it appears and substitute “health or medicinal products”; and

(c)

in section 6, after subsection (5), insert —“(5A) In subsection (5), “health or medicinal product” means —

(a)

a health product as defined in section 2(1) of the Health Products Act 2007; or

(b)

a medicinal product as defined in section 3 of the Medicines Act 1975.”.

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