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Formal Consolidation |  2000 RevEd
Certificate relating to controlled drug
99.—(1)  A certificate purporting to be signed by a Government pharmacist or scientific officer or a Singapore Armed Forces pharmacist or chemist and purporting to relate to a controlled drug shall be admitted in evidence in any proceedings under this Act for an offence under section 34 or an offence under the Misuse of Drugs Act (Cap. 185) on its production by the prosecution without proof of signature and, until the contrary is proved, such certificate shall be prima facie evidence of all matters contained therein.
[17/78]
(2)  In this section, “controlled drug” has the same meaning as in the Misuse of Drugs Act.
Informal Consolidation | Amended Act 26 of 2018
Certificate relating to controlled drug or controlled substance
99.—(1)  A certificate purporting —
(a)to be signed by —
(i)an analyst employed by the Health Sciences Authority;
(ii)a person appointed under section 16(a)(ii) of the Misuse of Drugs Act (Cap. 185);
(iii)a Singapore Armed Forces pharmacist or chemist; or
(iv)such other person as the Minister may, by notification in the Gazette, appoint; and
(b)to relate to a controlled drug or controlled substance,
is to be admitted in evidence in any proceedings under this Act for an offence under section 34, or under the Misuse of Drugs Act, on the production of the certificate by the prosecution without proof of signature and, until the contrary is proved, is proof of all matters contained in the certificate.
(2)  In this section —
“controlled drug” and “controlled substance” have the same meanings as in section 2 of the Misuse of Drugs Act;
“Health Sciences Authority” means the Health Sciences Authority established under section 3 of the Health Sciences Authority Act (Cap. 122C).
[Act 16 of 2016 wef 01/08/2016]