Singapore legislation
Clause 29
Clause 29
Consequential amendments to the Children and Young Persons Act
Section 62 of the Children and Young Persons Act (Cap. 38) is amended —
(a)
by deleting the word “or” at the end of paragraph (a) of subsection (1), and by inserting immediately thereafter the following paragraph:“(aa)a child or young person who uses or inhales any intoxicating substance for the purpose of inducing or causing in himself a state of intoxication; or”; and
(b)
by inserting, immediately after subsection (2), the following subsection:“(3) For the purpose of this section, an intoxicating substance has the same meaning as in the Intoxicating Substances Act 1987.”.