Singapore legislation

Clause 18

Amendment of section 26

Section 26 of the principal Act is amended —

(a)

by deleting the words “drug specified in the Fifth Schedule, substance containing any drug specified in the Fifth Schedule” in subsection (1)(a) and substituting the words “psychoactive substance”;

(b)

by deleting sub-paragraphs (ii) and (iii) of subsection (1)(ba) and substituting the following sub‑paragraph:“(ii)any psychoactive substance; or”;

(c)

by inserting, immediately before the words “controlled drug” in subsection (2)(a), the words “drug, substance or article that the officer reasonably suspects is a”;

(d)

by deleting the words “drug specified in the Fifth Schedule, substance containing any drug specified in the Fifth Schedule” in subsection (2)(a) and substituting the words “psychoactive substance”;

(e)

by deleting the words “which has been” in subsection (2)(b) and substituting the words “that the officer reasonably suspects has been or is intended to be”; and

(f)

by deleting subsection (3).

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