Singapore Armed Forces Act 1972 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 5 · Trial by Subordinate Military Courts
99. Certificate relating to controlled drug, etc.
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A certificate purporting —
to be signed by —
an analyst employed by the Health Sciences Authority or the Home Team Science and Technology Agency;
a person appointed under section 16(1)(a)(ii) of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1973;
(iia)a person appointed under section 28A(a)(ii) of the Tobacco and Vaporisers Control Act 1993;
a Singapore Armed Forces pharmacist or chemist; or
such other person as the Minister may appoint; and
to relate to a controlled drug, controlled substance, psychoactive substance or specified psychoactive substance,is to be admitted in evidence in any proceedings under this Act for an offence under section 34, or under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1973 or the Tobacco and Vaporisers Control Act 1993, on the production of the certificate by the prosecution without proof of signature and, until the contrary is proved, is proof of all matters contained in the certificate.
An appointment under subsection (1)(a)(iv) must be published in the Gazette.
In this section —[Deleted by Act 12 of 2023 wef 01/06/2024]
“controlled drug”, “controlled substance” and “psychoactive substance” have the meanings given by section 2 of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1973;
“Health Sciences Authority” means the Health Sciences Authority established under section 3 of the Health Sciences Authority Act 2001;
“Home Team Science and Technology Agency” means the Home Team Science and Technology Agency established by section 3 of the Home Team Science and Technology Agency Act 2019;
“specified psychoactive substance” has the meaning given by section 2(1) of the Tobacco and Vaporisers Control Act 1993.