Singapore legislation
Clause 9
Clause 9
Amendment of section 29
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.”.