Urine tests
31.—(1)  Any officer of the Bureau, immigration officer or police officer not below the rank of sergeant may, if he reasonably suspects any person to have committed an offence under section 8(b), require that person to provide a specimen of his urine for urine tests to be conducted under this section.
[12/77; 38/89]
(2)  A person who fails, without reasonable excuse, to provide a specimen of his urine within such time as may be required by any of the officers referred to in subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence.
[12/77]
(3)  Any person (other than a citizen of Singapore or a permanent resident) arriving in Singapore by land, sea or air who —
(a)fails to comply with the requirement of an immigration officer under this section; or
(b)is found as a result of urine tests conducted under subsection (4)(a) or (b) to have consumed a controlled drug,
may be prohibited from entering or remaining in Singapore.
[38/89; 2/2006]
(4)  A specimen of urine provided under this section shall be divided into 3 parts and dealt with, in such manner and in accordance with such procedure as may be prescribed, as follows:
(a)a preliminary urine test shall be conducted on one part of the urine specimen; and
(b)each of the remaining 2 parts of the urine specimen shall be marked and sealed and a urine test shall be conducted on each part by a different person, being either an analyst employed by the Health Sciences Authority or any person as the Minister may, by notification in the Gazette, appoint for such purpose.
[2/2006]