Singapore legislation
Regulation 4
of Health Products (Cosmetic Products — ASEAN Cosmetic Directive) Regulations 2007
Regulation 4
Duty to notify Authority of supply of cosmetic products
Subregulation 1
A person responsible for placing a cosmetic product in the market shall not —
where no prior notification has been submitted for that cosmetic product —
begin to supply that cosmetic product, or cause that cosmetic product to be supplied on his behalf, in Singapore; or
continue to supply that cosmetic product, or cause that cosmetic product to be supplied on his behalf, in Singapore,unless he has notified the Authority of his intention to do so; or
where a prior notification has been submitted for that cosmetic product, continue to supply that cosmetic product, or cause that cosmetic product to be supplied on his behalf, in Singapore after the expiry of one year beginning from the most recent notification made under this paragraph in respect of that cosmetic product, unless he has submitted a further notification under this paragraph to the Authority of his intention to continue doing so.
Subregulation 2
A notification for the purposes of paragraph (1) shall be submitted to the Authority in such form and manner as the Authority may require and shall be accompanied by —
such particulars, information, documents and samples of the cosmetic product as the Authority may require;
if required by the Authority, a statutory declaration by the applicant verifying any information contained in or related to the notification; and
the appropriate fee specified in the Health Products (Fees) Regulations 2022 (G.N. No. S 450/2022).
Subregulation 2A
A person (other than a person mentioned in paragraph (1)) must not supply a cosmetic product in Singapore (called in this regulation an un-notified cosmetic product) if a notification for the purposes of paragraph (1) for the un-notified cosmetic product has not been submitted by the person responsible for placing that cosmetic product in the market to the Authority in accordance with paragraph (2).
Subregulation 3
Any person who contravenes paragraph (1) or (2A) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $20,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both.
Subregulation 4
Any person who, in submitting a notification for the purposes of paragraph (1) —
makes any statement or furnishes any document which he knows to be false or does not believe to be true; or
by the intentional suppression of any material fact, furnishes information which is misleading,shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $20,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both.
Subregulation 5
This regulation shall not apply to —
a cosmetic product that is supplied solely as a sample in connection with any advertising, sponsorship or promotional activity;
(aa)a cosmetic product that is supplied solely by the transfer of possession as a gift;
a cosmetic product that is supplied solely for testing or trial use in connection with any research or development of that product; or
a cosmetic product that is manufactured by or in accordance with the specifications of a medical practitioner, and supplied solely by that medical practitioner for the use of patients under his care.