Misuse of Drugs Act 1973 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 3 · Evidence, Enforcement and Punishment
31B. Oral fluid tests
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Any officer of the Bureau, immigration officer or police officer not below the rank of sergeant may, if the officer reasonably suspects any person to have committed an offence under section 8(b) or 11I(1)(b), require that person to provide one or more specimens of the person’s oral fluid for the purpose of conducting any oral fluid test.
officer of the Bureau
“officer of the Bureau” means the Director or any person appointed under section 3 as a Deputy Director, a Divisional Director or an officer of the Central Narcotics Bureau;
A person who, without reasonable excuse, fails to provide any specimen of the person’s oral fluid as required under subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence.
In this section —
“oral fluid test” means a test carried out by an oral fluid testing device for the purpose of ascertaining whether any controlled drug or psychoactive substance is present in the person’s oral fluid;
controlled drug
“controlled drug” means any substance or product which is for the time being specified in Part 1, 2 or 3 of the First Schedule or anything that contains any such substance or product;
“oral fluid testing device” means any device that is designed to indicate the presence of any controlled drug or psychoactive substance in the person’s oral fluid.