Singapore legislation

Clause 2

of Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) Bill

Clause 2

Amendment of section 2

Section 2 of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1973 (called in this Act the principal Act) is amended —

(a)

by inserting, immediately after the word “contains” in the definition of “article liable to seizure”, the words “or constitutes”;

(b)

by inserting, immediately after the words “controlled drug” wherever they appear in the definition of “drug addict”, the words “or psychoactive substance”;

(c)

by inserting, immediately after the definition of “drug addict”, the following definition:“ “excluded substance” means a substance specified in the Fifth Schedule;”;

(d)

by inserting, immediately after the definition of “Health Sciences Authority”, the following definition:“ “Home Team Science and Technology Agency” means the Home Team Science and Technology Agency established by section 3 of the Home Team Science and Technology Agency Act 2019;”;

(e)

by deleting the word “or” at the end of paragraph (a) of the definition of “manufacture”;

(f)

by inserting the word “or” at the end of paragraph (b) of the definition of “manufacture”, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following paragraph:“(c)a psychoactive substance, includes any process of producing the substance and the refining or transformation of one substance into another;”; and

(g)

by inserting, immediately after the definition of “prison officer”, the following definitions:“ “psychoactive effect” means the stimulation or depression, whether directly or indirectly, of an individual’s central nervous system, affecting the individual’s mental functioning or emotional state;“psychoactive substance” —

(a)

means a substance or product that has the capacity to have a psychoactive effect on an individual if the individual smokes, administers to himself or herself or otherwise consumes, the substance or product; but(b)does not include an excluded substance;”.

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