Tobacco and Vaporisers Control (Application of Misuse of Drugs Act Provisions) Regulations 2026

These Regulations are the Tobacco and Vaporisers Control (Application of Misuse of Drugs Act Provisions) Regulations 2026 and come into operation on 1 May 2026.

For the purposes of section 19U of the Act, in respect of an inmate or a person detained in an approved institution or a community rehabilitation centre pursuant to section 19T of the Act —

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Regulation 2(a)

EXCEPTIONS AND MODIFICATIONS TO

PROVISIONS OF MISUSE OF DRUGS ACT 1973

1. In section 31(9) of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1973, the reference in

paragraph (a) of the definition of “relevant person” to any person discharged

from an approved institution does not include a reference to an inmate or a person

who was discharged from an approved institution in which he or she was detained

pursuant to section 19T of the Act.

2. Sections 34(3) to (5), 34A, 40A, 40B, 40C and 40D of the Misuse of Drugs

Act 1973 do not apply.

3. In section 38(2) and (3) of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1973, the reference to the

Director is to be read as a reference to the Chief Executive of the Health Sciences

Authority.

SECOND SCHEDULE

Regulation 2(b)

EXCEPTIONS AND MODIFICATIONS TO

PROVISIONS OF REGULATIONS MADE

UNDER MISUSE OF DRUGS ACT 1973

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Regulations

Exceptions and modifications

Misuse of Drugs (Approved

Institutions, Medical Observation

and Treatment and Rehabilitation)

Regulations (Rg 3)

1. Regulations 5, 6, 7, 15 and 16 do not

apply.

2. In regulation 10(3) —

to be read as a reference to the

Chief Executive of the Health

Sciences Authority; and

of the Misuse of Drugs

Act 1973 is to be read as a

reference to section 19T of the

Act.

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Regulations

Exceptions and modifications

Misuse of Drugs (Community

Rehabilitation Centres)

Regulations 2014 (G.N. No.

S 311/2014)

Regulation 21 does not apply.

Made on 28 April 2026.

LAI WEI LIN

Permanent Secretary

(Policy and Development),

Ministry of Health,

Singapore.

[MH 78:29; AG/LEGIS/SL/309/2025/12]

(To be presented to Parliament under section 37(4) of the Tobacco

and Vaporisers Control Act 1993).

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