Clause 25

by inserting, immediately after the word “subsection” in subsection (1), “(3B),”;

by deleting the words “or import or export” in subsection (2)(b)(ii) and substituting the words “, import or export or possession”;

by inserting, immediately after subsection (3A), the following subsection: “(3B) If a person —

has a previous conviction under section 8(a); and

is convicted of an offence under section 8(a) that the sixth column of the Second Schedule specifies is subject to this subsection,that person shall on conviction be punished with imprisonment for a term of not less than 2 years and not more than 10 years and shall also be liable to a fine not exceeding $20,000.”;

by deleting the words “section 31A(2)” in subsection (4AA)(a)(i) and substituting the words “section 11I(1)(b) or 31A(2)”;

by inserting, immediately after the word “conviction” in subsections (4AA)(a)(iii), (4AB)(a)(iii) and (4AD)(b), the words “for an offence of consumption of a controlled drug”;

by inserting, immediately after the words “section 8(b),” in subsection (4AB)(a)(i), “11I(1)(b),”; (g)by deleting the words “or 7” in subsection (4A)(a) and substituting the words “, 7, 11F(1) or 11H(1)”; and

by inserting, immediately before paragraph (a) of subsection (5), the following paragraph:“(aa)a previous conviction under section 8(a) means a conviction under section 8(a) at any time before, on or after the date of commencement of section 25(1)(c) of the Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) Act 2023;”.

has —

a previous conviction under section 8(b), 11I(1)(b), 31(2) or 31A(2);

a previous admission under section 34(2) to an approved institution; or

a previous conviction for an offence of consumption of a controlled drug or psychoactive substance under section 34 of the Singapore Armed Forces Act 1972; and

is convicted of an offence under section 11I(1)(b),that person shall on conviction be punished with imprisonment for a term of not less than 3 years and not more than 10 years.”.