Tobacco and Vaporisers Control Act 1993 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 3 · Control of Import, Sale, Etc., of Tobacco Products, Vaporisers and Imitation Tobacco Products
12. Number of cigarettes in package
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A person must not do any of the following, except in the form of a package containing not less than the prescribed minimum number of cigarettes:
import, or permit the import, into Singapore of any cigarette for the purpose of sale;
distribute, or permit the distribution, in Singapore of any cigarette for the purpose of sale;
sell or offer to sell, or permit the sale of or offer for sale of, any cigarette in Singapore;
possess in Singapore any cigarette for the purpose of sale in Singapore.
Subsection (1) does not apply to the import of cigarettes into Singapore solely for the purpose of taking them out of Singapore, whether on the same conveyance on which they were brought into Singapore or on another conveyance and whether or not they are landed and kept in any place in Singapore pending their being taken out of Singapore.
conveyance
“conveyance” includes any vessel, train, aircraft, vehicle, trailer or other mode of transport;
Any person who contravenes subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both and, in the case of a second or subsequent conviction, to a fine not exceeding $20,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both.
In subsection (1) —
“cigarette” includes any cigarillo;
cigarette
“cigarette” means any product which consists in whole or in part of cut, shredded or manufactured tobacco, or any tobacco derivative or tobacco substitute, rolled up in paper, tobacco leaf or other material and which is in any form that is capable of immediate use;
“cigarillo” means —
a cigar that weighs less than 1.4 grams or such other weight as the Minister may by notification in the Gazette prescribe; or
any tobacco product that is labelled, described or promoted as a cigarillo;
tobacco product
“tobacco product” means —(a)a cigarette or cigar, or any other form of tobacco;(b)a tobacco derivative;(c)a tobacco substitute; or(d)a mixture containing any form of tobacco or a tobacco derivative or tobacco substitute,but does not include a therapeutic product registered under the Health Products Act 2007;
“package” —
means any box, carton or other container in which cigarettes are supplied for the purpose of sale; and
includes, in the case where the package is, or several packages are, contained inside one or more larger packages, the smaller package or each of the smaller packages, as the case may be;
“prescribed minimum number of cigarettes” means —
20 cigarettes, where no other number of cigarettes is specified under paragraph (b); or
where a number of cigarettes is specified under this paragraph by the Minister for the purposes of this section by notification in the Gazette, the number of cigarettes so specified.