Singapore legislation
Clause 6
Clause 6
Amendment of section 37
Section 37 of the principal Act is amended —
by deleting the marginal note and substituting the following marginal note:“Supervision, treatment and rehabilitation of drug addicts.”; and
by deleting subsection (2) and substituting the following subsection:“(2) If as a result of such medical examination or observation under subsection (1) or both the urine tests conducted under section 31 it appears to the Director of the Central Narcotics Bureau that it is necessary for any person examined or observed, or who supplied the urine specimen for the urine tests —
to be subject to supervision, the Director may make a supervision order requiring that person to be subject to the supervision of an officer of the Bureau for a period not exceeding two years; or
to undergo treatment or rehabilitation or both at an approved institution, the Director may make an order in writing requiring that person to be admitted for that purpose to an approved institution.”.