Misuse of Drugs Act 1973 - Singapore Statutes Online

PART 2B

GENERAL PROVISIONS ON OFFENCES

[Act 12 of 2023 wef 01/06/2024]

Abetments and attempts punishable as offences

12. Any person who abets the commission of or who attempts to commit or does any act preparatory to, or in furtherance of, the commission of any offence under this Act shall be guilty of that offence and shall be liable on conviction to the punishment provided for that offence.

12A. [Repealed by Act 1 of 2019]

Abetting or procuring commission of offences within or outside Singapore

13. Any person who —

(a)	aids, abets, counsels or procures the commission in any place outside Singapore of an offence punishable under a corresponding law in force in that place;
(b)	aids, abets, counsels or procures the commission of any offence under this Act within Singapore, even though all or any of the acts constituting the aiding, abetment, counselling or procurement were done outside Singapore; or
(c)	does an act preparatory to, or in furtherance of, an act outside Singapore which if committed in Singapore would constitute an offence under this Act,

shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction —

(d)	in relation to an offence mentioned in paragraph (a) or (c), to imprisonment for a term of not less than 2 years but not more than 10 years, or to a fine of not less than $4,000 and not more than $40,000, or to both; and
(e)	in relation to an offence mentioned in paragraph (b), to the same punishment provided for the offence that the person aided, abetted, counselled or procured. [1/2019]

Offences by body corporate

14. Where any offence under this Act committed by a body corporate is proved to have been committed with the consent or connivance of, or to be attributable to any neglect on the part of, any director, manager, secretary or other similar officer of the body corporate, or any person purporting to act in any such capacity, he or she as well as the body corporate shall be guilty of that offence and shall be liable to be proceeded against accordingly.

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