Singapore legislation

Clause 6

of Tobacco (Control of Advertisements and Sale) (Amendment) Bill

Clause 6

Amendment of section 37

Section 37 of the principal Act is amended —

(a)

by deleting the full-stop at the end of paragraph (d) of subsection (1A) and substituting a semi‑colon, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following paragraph:“(e)the requirements under this Act for tobacco products and their packaging or labelling, including —

(i)

the requirements as to size, appearance and design of tobacco products and their packaging or labelling;

(ii)

the health warnings and other information to be stated on tobacco products and their packaging or labelling; and

(iii)

the trade marks, terms, descriptors, figurative or other signs, features, scents and sounds that are prohibited in relation to tobacco products and their packaging or labelling.”; and

(b)

by inserting, immediately after subsection (1A), the following subsection:“(1B) For the purposes of subsection (1A)(e), different requirements or prohibitions may be prescribed for different tobacco products or different types of packaging or labelling of tobacco products.”.