Clause 9
Amendment of section 29
of Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) Bill
Section 29 of the principal Act is hereby amended by deleting subsection (2) and (3) thereof and substituting therefor the following: —“(2) In relation to an offence under a provision of this Act specified in the first column of the Second Schedule (the general nature of the offence being described in the second column) —
the third, fourth and fifth columns show respectively the punishments to be imposed on a person convicted of the offence according to whether the controlled drug in relation to which the offence was committed was a Class A drug, a Class B drug, or a Class C drug;
the sixth column shows the punishments to be imposed on a person convicted of the offence where the offence was committed in relation to a controlled drug specified in the second column or a specified quantity thereof; and
the seventh column shows the punishments to be imposed on a person convicted of the offence whether or not the offence was committed in relation to a controlled drug and, if it was so committed, irrespective of the nature of the drug,and in the third, fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh columns a reference to a period gives the maximum or minimum term of imprisonment as is specified, a reference to a sum of money gives the maximum or minimum fine as is specified, and a reference to a number of strokes gives the number of strokes of caning with which the offender shall, subject to section 221 of the Criminal Procedure Code [Cap. 113], be punished.”.