Singapore legislation

Clause 219

of Food Safety and Security Bill

Clause 219

Keeping plant pesticide in container without approved label

(1)

A person commits an offence if the person, without reasonable excuse, keeps a registered plant pesticide product in a container that does not bear a label that is identical to the approved label for that product.

(2)

A person who is guilty of an offence under subsection (1) shall be liable on conviction —

(a)

where the person is an individual — to a fine not exceeding $5,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 months or to both; or

(b)

where the person is not an individual — to a fine not exceeding $10,000.

(3)

In a prosecution for an offence under subsection (1) —

(a)

it is not necessary for the prosecution to prove that the person charged knew or had reason to believe that the container of the registered plant pesticide product did not bear a label that is identical to the approved label for that product; but(b)it is a defence for the person charged to prove, on a balance of probabilities, that the person charged did not know, and could not reasonably have been expected to know, that the plant pesticide product was in the container.