Smoking (Control of Advertisements and Sale of Tobacco) Act

Prohibition on importation and sale of harmful tobacco products

15.—(1) No person shall import, sell or offer for sale —

(a)	any chewing tobacco; or
(b)	such other tobacco product intended, labelled or described as suitable for inhaling, chewing or any oral use other than smoking as the Minister may, by notification in the Gazette, specify.

(2) No person shall import, sell or offer for sale any cigarette containing —

(a)	a yield of more than 1.3 mg (or such other minimum amount as the Minister may by order prescribe) of nicotine per cigarette; or
(b)	a yield of more than 15.0 mg (or such other minimum amount as the Minister may by order prescribe) of tar (nicotine free smoke condensate) per cigarette.

(3) Notwithstanding subsection (2), no person shall import, sell or offer for sale any tobacco product —

(a)	that contains; or
(b)	which emissions contain,

any substance in excess of such amount as the Minister may by order prescribe for that substance.

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(4) Subsections (1), (2) and (3) shall not apply to the importation of any tobacco product which is intended for re-export.

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(5) Any person who contravenes subsection (1), (2) or (3) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both and, in the case of a second or subsequent conviction, to a fine not exceeding $20,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both.

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(6) In subsection (3), “emission” means any substance that is produced when a tobacco product is used.

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