Singapore legislation
Clause 10
of Tobacco (Control of Advertisements and Sale) (Amendment) and Other Matters Bill
Clause 10
New section 18A
In the TCASA, after section 18, insert —“Offence of permitting or allowing storage or keeping of section 14 tobacco products, section 15 tobacco products, vaporisers and imitation tobacco products18A.—
Subject to subsection (2), an owner or occupier (X) of any land, building or place in Singapore, or any part of any land, building or place in Singapore, shall be guilty of an offence if X permits or allows any other person to store or keep anything that is an applicable product or any component of an applicable product in or on the land, building or place, unless X has exercised due care to ascertain that the thing is not an applicable product or a component of an applicable product.(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to the keeping in —
any area in Singapore which has been declared to be a free trade zone under section 3(1) of the Free Trade Zones Act 1966; or
any licensed warehouse within the meaning given by section 3(1) of the Customs Act 1960,of any applicable product or component of an applicable product that is imported into Singapore solely for the purpose of taking that applicable product or component out of Singapore, for the duration that the applicable product or component is kept pending its being taken out of Singapore.(3) A person who is guilty of an offence under subsection (1) shall be liable on conviction —
to a fine not exceeding $100,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 years or to both; or
in the case of a second or subsequent conviction, to a fine not exceeding $200,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 years or to both.(4) In this section, “applicable product” has the meaning given by section 16B(6).”.