No. S 270
Misuse of Drugs Act
(CHAPTER 185)
Misuse of Drugs
(Amendment) Regulations 2013
In exercise of the powers conferred by section 58 of the Misuse of Drugs Act, the Minister for Home Affairs hereby makes the following Regulations:
Citation and commencement
1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) Regulations 2013 and shall come into operation on 1st May 2013.
Amendment of Second Schedule
2.  Paragraph 1 of the Second Schedule to the Misuse of Drugs Regulations (Rg 1) is amended —
(a)by inserting, immediately below the item “Furethidine”, the item “Gamma hydroxybutyric acid”;
(b)by inserting, immediately below the item “Metopon”, the item “monoacetylmorphine”;
(c)by inserting, immediately below the item “Noracymethadol”, the following items:
norbuprenorphine
norketamine and its dehydro derivatives”;
(d)by inserting, immediately below the item “Oxymorphone”, the item “parahexyl (3-hexyl-1-hydroxy-7,8,9,10-tetrahydro-6,6,9-trimethyl 6H-dibenzo [b,d] pyran)”;
(e)by inserting, immediately below the item “Trimeperidine”, the item “2-amino-1-(2,5-dimethoxy-4-methyl)phenylpropane”;
(f)by inserting, immediately below the item “4-Cyano-1-methyl-4-phenylpiperidine”, the item “5-methoxy-N,N-diisopropyltryptamine”; and
(g)by inserting, immediately below the item “2-Methyl-3-morpholino-1, 1-diphenylpropanecarboxylic acid”, the item “4-methylthioamphetamine”.
Amendment of Fourth Schedule
3.  Paragraph 1 of the Fourth Schedule to the Misuse of Drugs Regulations is amended —
(a)by deleting the item “2,5-Dimethoxy-α-methylphenethylamine N, α-dimethyl-3,4-(methylenedioxy) phenethylamine” and substituting the following items:
2,5-Dimethoxy-α-methylphenethylamine
N, α-dimethyl-3,4-(methylenedioxy)phenethylamine”;
(b)by deleting the item “N-Methyl-α-ethyl-3,4 — (methylenedioxy) phenethylamine” and substituting the following item:
N-Methyl-α-ethyl-3,4-(methylenedioxy)phenethylamine”; and
(c)by deleting the item “3, 4, 5-trimethoxyα- methylphenethylamine” and substituting the following item:
3,4,5-trimethoxy-α-methylphenethylamine”.
[G.N. Nos. S 390/99; S 231/2000; S 436/2000; S 140/2001; S 492/2001; S 506/2005; S 490/2006; S 108/2007; S 525/2010; S 684/2010]
Made this 26th day of April 2013.
TAN TEE HOW
Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Home Affairs,
Singapore.
[MHA 112/2/0049; AG/LLRD/SL/185/2010/2 Vol. 1]