Singapore legislation

Clause 20

of Tobacco (Control of Advertisements and Sale) (Amendment) and Other Matters Bill

Clause 20

New sections 30A and 30B

In the TCASA, after section 30, insert —“Procedure governing seizure of cash30A. Sections 370, 371 and 372 of the Criminal Procedure Code 2010 apply, with the necessary modifications, when the Chief Executive or an authorised officer seizes any cash under any provision of this Act.No costs or damages or other relief arising from seizure to be recoverable unless seizure without reasonable or probable cause30B. No person is, in any proceedings before any court in respect of anything (excluding any cash) seized in the exercise or purported exercise of any power conferred under this Act, entitled to the costs of the proceedings or to any damages or other relief other than an order for the return of the thing or the payment of its value, unless the seizure was made without reasonable or probable cause.”.

Clause 20 — Tobacco (Control of Advertisements and Sale) (Amendment) and Other Matters Bill