Singapore legislation
Clause 29
of Tobacco (Control of Advertisements and Sale) (Amendment) and Other Matters Bill
Clause 29
Replacement of section 19B and new section 19C
In the Poisons Act, replace section 19B with —“Fees, charges, etc., collected under this Act19B.—
All fees, charges and other moneys recovered or collected by the Chief Executive of the Authority or any other licensing officer under this Act or any rules made under this Act, other than composition sums, must be paid to the Authority.(2) All composition sums collected by the Chief Executive of the Authority or an authorised employee under section 19A must be paid into the Consolidated Fund.(3) In subsection (2) and section 19C, “authorised employee” means an employee of the Authority who is authorised by the Chief Executive of the Authority under section 19A(1).Deemed public officers19C.—
Without affecting sections 20 and 21 of the Public Sector (Governance) Act 2018, an authorised employee is, in relation to the authorised employee’s administration, collection and enforcement of payment of composition sums under section 19A, taken to be a public officer for the purposes of the Financial Procedure Act 1966.(2) Section 20 of the Financial Procedure Act 1966 applies to an authorised employee even though the authorised employee is not or was not in the employment of the Government.”.