Smoking (Control of Advertisements and Sale of Tobacco) Act

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31 Jul 2003

Formal Consolidation | 2003 RevEd

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.

[35/2002]

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

[35/2002]

(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.

[35/2002]

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

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[35/2002]

Informal Consolidation | Amended Act 17 of 2010

Prohibition on importation, distribution and sale of harmful tobacco products

15.—(1) Notwithstanding anything in this Act but subject to subsection (3), no person shall import, distribute, sell or offer for sale —

(a)	any chewing tobacco;
(b)	such other tobacco product, or class of tobacco products, intended, labelled or described as suitable for use other than smoking, as the Minister may by regulations prescribe;
(c)	such tobacco product, or class of tobacco products, as the Minister may by regulations prescribe, where the Minister is of the opinion that such product or class of products has or is capable of having the effect of encouraging or otherwise promoting smoking or other uses of tobacco products; or
(d)	such tobacco product, or class of tobacco products, as the Minister may by regulations prescribe, where the Minister is of the opinion that such product or class of products has or is capable of having, directly or indirectly, an adverse effect on the health of the public or any section of the public.

(2) Subject to subsection (3), no person shall import, distribute, sell or offer for sale such tobacco product or class of tobacco products as the Minister may by regulations prescribe, being tobacco product —

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

any substance in excess of such maximum amounts as may be prescribed for that substance.

(3) Subsections (1) and (2) shall not apply to the import of tobacco products into Singapore solely for the purpose of taking them out of Singapore, whether on the same conveyance on which they were brought into Singapore or on another conveyance and whether or not they are landed and kept in any place in Singapore pending their being taken out of Singapore.

(4) For the purposes of subsection (2), the Minister may prescribe different maximum amounts for different substances, in relation to different classes or descriptions of tobacco products.

(5) Any person who contravenes subsection (1) or (2) 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.

(6) In subsection (1), “smoking” means inhaling and expelling the smoke produced from the combustion of any tobacco product or any part of such tobacco product.

[17/2010 wef 01/09/2010]

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