Criminal Law (Temporary Provisions) (Amendment) Bill

Bill No. 12/1999

Read the first time on 11th March 1999.

An Act to amend the Criminal Law (Temporary Provisions) Act (Chapter 67 of the 1998 Revised Edition).

Be it enacted by the President with the advice and consent of the Parliament of Singapore, as follows:

Short title and commencement

1. This Act may be cited as the Criminal Law (Temporary Provisions) (Amendment) Act 1999 and shall come into operation on 21st October 1999.

Amendment of section 1

2. Section 1 of the Criminal Law (Temporary Provisions) Act is amended by deleting subsection (2) and substituting the following subsection:

“(2) This Act shall continue in force for a period of 5 years from 21st October 1999.”.

New section 46A

3. The Criminal Law (Temporary Provisions) Act is amended by inserting, immediately after section 46, the following section:

“Officers of Central Narcotics Bureau to exercise powers conferred on police officers under sections 44, 45 and 46

46A.—(1) Subject to this section, the powers conferred upon a police officer under sections 44, 45 and 46 may be exercised by an officer of the Central Narcotics Bureau.

(2) The powers conferred upon a police officer of or above the rank of assistant superintendent under sections 44(2) and 46 may be exercised by the Director, the Deputy Director or an Assistant Director of the Central Narcotics Bureau.

(3) The power conferred upon an officer of or above the rank of superintendent of police under section 44(3) may be exercised by the Director or the Deputy Director of the Central Narcotics Bureau.

(4) Subject to subsection (5), where the power conferred upon an officer of or above the rank of superintendent of police under section 44(3), or the power conferred upon a police officer under section 45(1), is exercised by an officer of the Central Narcotics Bureau in accordance with this section, the duty to report to the Commissioner of Police under those sections shall be read as a duty to report in a similar manner to the Director of the Central Narcotics Bureau.

(5) The duty to report to the Director of the Central Narcotics Bureau referred to in subsection (4) shall not apply where the power under section 44(3) or 45 (1) was exercised by the Director of the Central Narcotics Bureau himself.

(6) For the purposes of this section —

“Director of the Central Narcotics Bureau”, “Deputy Director of the Central Narcotics Bureau” and “Assistant Director of the Central Narcotics Bureau” mean, respectively, the Director, the Deputy Director and an Assistant Director of the Central Narcotics Bureau appointed under section 3 of the Misuse of Drugs Act (Cap. 185);

“officer of the Central Narcotics Bureau” means the Director, the Deputy Director, the Assistant Directors and any other officer of the Central Narcotics Bureau appointed under section 3 of the Misuse of Drugs Act.”.

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