Singapore legislation
Regulation 3
Regulation 3
Prohibited articles
Subregulation 1
Except as may be provided in regulation 4, no person shall —
send by post, tender for posting or deliver to a postal licensee for posting; or
convey, despatch or deliver by post,any article specified in paragraph (2) (referred to in these Regulations as a prohibited article).
Subregulation 2
A prohibited article is —
any article consisting of or containing —
any arms, explosives or explosive precursors within the meaning of the Arms and Explosives Act (Cap. 13), or any truncheon, handcuffs, or such other weapon or equipment referred to in section 18 of the Private Investigation and Security Agencies Act (Cap. 249) or section 22A of the Miscellaneous Offences (Public Order and Nuisance) Act (Cap. 184);
any biological agent specified in the First Schedule or Second Schedule to the Biological Agents and Toxins Act (Cap. 24A) or any toxin specified in the Fifth Schedule to that Act, except as authorised by that Act;
any chemical weapon or scheduled chemical within the meaning of the Chemical Weapons (Prohibition) Act (Cap. 37B) or any radioactive material or irradiating apparatus within the meaning of the Radiation Protection Act (Cap. 262);
any corrosive substance or explosive substance or any offensive weapon or scheduled weapon within the meaning of the Corrosive and Explosive Substances and Offensive Weapons Act (Cap. 65);
any hazardous substance within the meaning of the Environmental Protection and Management Act (Cap. 94A);
any petroleum or flammable material within the meaning of Part VI of the Fire Safety Act (Cap.109A);
any controlled drug, or any controlled equipment, controlled material or controlled substance, within the meaning of the Misuse of Drugs Act (Cap. 185), except as authorised by that Act;
any poison, including any preparation, solutions, compound, mixture or natural substance containing poisonous substances unless sent in accordance with the provisions of the Poisons Act (Cap. 234);
any goods the import or export of which is prohibited under the Regulation of Imports and Exports Act (Cap. 272A);
any chewing gum, which is prohibited from being sold or advertised for sale under the Sale of Food (Prohibition of Chewing Gum) Regulations (Cap. 283, Rg 2);
any other dangerous article or substance that is capable of posing a significant risk to health, safety or property when transported by air;
any securities of any kind payable to bearer, bank notes, currency notes or travellers’ cheques, unless sent by registered or insured post;
any lottery ticket or any advertisement of prizes or any other announcement relating to any public lottery, sweepstake or other gambling transaction;
any pamphlet, magazine, newsletter or other type of publication which is prohibited under any written law from being published, circulated or distributed in Singapore; (b)any article liable to customs duty —
not sent by parcel post, or enclosed in a letter packet or small packet for delivery in a country or place which admits such parcels or packets; and
in the case of letter packets and small packets, not posted in compliance with regulation 6; or
any article which by the laws of the country or place in which the article is posted or to which the article is addressed (being a country or place outside Singapore), it is unlawful to send by post.
Subregulation 3
In paragraph (2), “lottery ticket” and “public lottery” shall have the same meanings, respectively, assigned to them in the Common Gaming Houses Act (Cap. 49).