providing for the issue of licences for the import, export, sale, manufacture, production or distribution of controlled drugs;
(b)
prescribing the form, duration and terms and conditions of any licence and the fees payable therefor, and providing for the cancellation and suspension thereof;
(c)
authorising the sale or possession or other dealing in controlled drugs and prescribing the circumstances and conditions under which the persons by whom controlled drugs may be sold, had in possession or otherwise dealt in;
(ca)
authorising the possession of any drug paraphernalia (as defined in section 11B(5)) and prescribing the circumstances and conditions under which a person may possess it;
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(cb)
authorising the teaching, instructing or provision of information, of any activity mentioned in section 11D(1) and prescribing the circumstances and conditions under which the teaching, instructing or provision of information may take place;
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(cc)
authorising the dissemination or publication of information on the carrying out of any activity mentioned in section 11D(1) and prescribing the circumstances and conditions under which the information may be disseminated or published;
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(d)
requiring medical practitioners, dentists, pharmacists, veterinary surgeons and other persons who deal in controlled drugs as may be authorised by the regulations to keep records and make returns;
(e)
requiring any medical practitioner who attends to a person whom the medical practitioner considers or has reasonable grounds to suspect is addicted to any controlled drug to furnish to the prescribed authority such particulars with respect to that person as may be prescribed;
(f)
prohibiting any medical practitioner from administering, supplying and authorising the administration and supply to persons addicted to controlled drugs, and from prescribing for those persons, those drugs;
(g)
as to the packaging and labelling of controlled drugs;
(h)
regulating the transport of controlled drugs and the methods to be used for destroying or otherwise disposing of those drugs when no longer required;
(i)
requiring precautions to be taken for the safe custody of controlled drugs;
(j)
providing for the inspection of any precautions taken or records kept in pursuance of any regulations made under this section;
(k)
providing for the treatment and rehabilitation of persons affected by the misuse of controlled drugs;
(l)
prescribing the punishment by a fine not exceeding $10,000 or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 4 years or both to be imposed on the conviction for a breach of the regulations;
(m)
providing for the management, maintenance and inspection of approved institutions or community rehabilitation centres;
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(n)
prescribing the functions and procedure of Review Committees;
(o)
providing for the control, discipline (including the imposition of corporal punishment) and occupation of inmates and for the granting of leave to inmates for the purpose of their employment outside an approved institution or a community rehabilitation centre and to return to their residences or other designated places;
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(p)
prescribing the appointment and duties of officers of approved institutions or community rehabilitation centres;
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(pa)
providing for any matter in respect of a person who is committed under section 34(1), including the medical examination or observation of that person;
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(q)
providing for the supervision and aftercare of persons referred to in section 34(2)(a), or who have undergone treatment and rehabilitation at approved or other institutions or who have been convicted of an offence under section 8(b), 31(2) or (2A) or 31A(2) or (2A), or an offence under section 34 of the Singapore Armed Forces Act;
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(qa)
prescribing the circumstances under which the Director may extend the period for which a person is subject to supervision under this Act;
(r)
prescribing anything that may be prescribed;
(s)
prescribing the functions and procedure of advisory committees;
(t)
requiring the fingerprinting of inmates and the dissemination of this information to the police;
(u)
prescribing the type of offences in the regulations which may be seizable offences for the purposes of the Criminal Procedure Code (Cap. 68); and
(v)
generally for carrying out the purposes and provisions of this Act.
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(2) Regulations made by the Minister under this section may —
(a)
make different provisions in relation to different controlled drugs, different classes of persons or different cases or circumstances;
(b)
make the opinion, consent or approval of any prescribed authority or authorised person material for the purposes of any provision; and
(c)
provide for the constitution and procedure of a tribunal to advise the Minister in any case of contravention of this Act or the regulations by any medical practitioner, dentist, pharmacist, veterinary surgeon or other authorised person.