No. S 457
Customs Act
(CHAPTER 70)
Customs
(Amendment No. 3)
Regulations 2012
In exercise of the powers conferred by section 143(1) of the Customs Act, the Minister for Finance hereby makes the following Regulations:
Citation and commencement
1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Customs (Amendment No. 3) Regulations 2012 and shall come into operation on 1st March 2013.
Deletion and substitution of regulation 17
2.  Regulation 17 of the Customs Regulations (Rg 2) is deleted and the following regulation substituted therefor:
Markings on cigarettes
17.—(1)  An importer of cigarettes into Singapore shall in respect of each cigarette that he imports into Singapore, and a manufacturer of cigarettes in Singapore shall in respect of each cigarette that he manufactures in Singapore, ensure that each cigarette is marked in the manner set out in paragraph (2) before the cigarette is released from customs control for sale or consumption in Singapore.
(2)  A cigarette referred to in paragraph (1) must —
(a)be marked with the letters “SDPC”, and with a series of vertical bars, in accordance with the specifications set out in the Second Schedule; or
(b)have such other designation, symbol or marking embossed, printed or marked on the cigarette or on the cigarette pack, or both, as the Director-General may approve.
(3)  In this regulation, “customs control” has the same meaning as in section 3(2) of the Act.”.
Amendment of regulation 113
3.  Regulation 113 of the Customs Regulations is amended by deleting the words “Second Schedule” in paragraphs (1) and (4)(a) and substituting in each case the words “Third Schedule”.
New Second Schedule
4.  The Customs Regulations are amended by inserting, immediately after the First Schedule, the following Schedule:
SECOND SCHEDULE
Regulation 17(2)(a)
Specifications
1.  The letters “SDPC” must —
(a)be positioned at least 35 millimetres from the cigarette end that is to be lighted;
(b)be in block letters of not less than 3 millimetres in height; and
(c)be in typeface Arial Bold and —
(i)in black; or
(ii)in such other colour as the Director-General may approve.
2.  The “vertical bars” must —
(a)be positioned between the cigarette end that is to be lighted and the letters “SDPC”;
(b)be positioned at least one millimetre and no more than 3 millimetres away from the letters “SDPC”;
(c)be of not less than 2, and not more than 10, millimetres in height;
(d)be of a thickness of not more than one millimetre;
(e)have a space in between each vertical bar not exceeding one millimetre; and
(f)be in typeface Arial Bold and —
(i)in black; or
(ii)in such other colour as the Director-General may approve.
ILLUSTRATION
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Renaming of Second Schedule
5.  The existing Second Schedule to the Customs Regulations is amended by renaming the Second Schedule as the Third Schedule.
[G.N. Nos. S 707/2011; S 12/2012; S 25/2012]
Made this 10th day of September 2012.
PETER ONG
Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Finance,
Singapore.
[Customs 0102/71/Vol. 33; OMB/06/03/V1; AG/LLRD/SL/70/2010/13 Vol. 1]
(To be presented to Parliament under section 143(2) of the Customs Act).