No. S 286
Misuse of Drugs Act
(Chapter 185)
Misuse of Drugs (Approved Institutions and Treatment and Rehabilitation) (Amendment) Regulations 1996
In exercise of the powers conferred by section 43 of the Misuse of Drugs Act, the Minister for Home Affairs hereby makes the following Regulations:
1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Misuse of Drugs (Approved Institutions and Treatment and Rehabilitation) (Amendment) Regulations 1996 and shall come into operation on 28th June 1996.
[Rg 3.]
[G.N. No.]
[S 507/95]
2.  The Misuse of Drugs (Approved Institutions and Treatment and Rehabilitation) Regulations (referred to in these Regulations as the principal Regulations) are amended by inserting, immediately after regulation 7B, the following regulation:
Finger impressions
7C.—(1)  An inmate shall, if requested to do so by the Superintendent, or by a person authorised by the Superintendent, allow the Superintendent, or the person so authorised, to take the inmate’s finger impressions for the purposes of identification and record.
(2)  No person shall, except in the performance of his duty, in accordance with any law or with the inmate’s consent, give the finger impressions taken under paragraph (1), or any copy thereof, to any person.
(3)  Where an order under section 37 (2)(b) pursuant to which an inmate was admitted to an approved institution is revoked by the Director, the Superintendent shall, as soon as practicable, cause the finger impressions taken from that inmate under paragraph (1), and all copies thereof, to be destroyed.
(4)  Any inmate who fails to comply with paragraph (1), and any person who contravenes paragraph (2), shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000.”.
3.  Regulation 10(1)(d) of the principal Regulations is amended by deleting the words “provide a telephone line at his place of residence or at such other designated place” in the first and second lines and substituting the words “allow a telephone line at his place of residence or at such other place designated by the Superintendent or an authorised rehabilitation officer to be connected to an electronic monitoring device”.
4.  Regulation 12 of the principal Regulations is amended —
(a)by deleting sub-paragraph (h) of paragraph (3);
(b)by inserting, at the end of paragraph (3)(j) the word “and”;
(c)by deleting the semi-colon at the end of paragraph (3)(k) and substituting a full-stop;
(d)by deleting sub-paragraphs (l) to (r) of paragraph (3); and
(e)by deleting paragraphs(5) and (6) and substituting the following paragraphs:
(5)  The supervision officer may, in addition to the requirements under paragraph (3), require a person in respect of whom a supervision order is in force to observe any of the following requirements:
(a)present himself for counselling at such times and places and to such persons as may be directed by the supervision officer;
(b)present himself for any medication at such times and places and to such persons as may be directed by the supervision officer;
(c)remain within doors at his place of residence or such other place designated by the supervision officer between such hours as may be specified by the supervision officer;
(d)wear at all times on such part of his body as specified by the supervision officer such electronic transmitting device as may be issued by the supervision officer;
(e)allow any person authorised by the supervision officer to enter at any time his place of residence or such other place designated by the supervision officer to install, inspect, maintain, repair or retrieve any electronic monitoring device;
(f)allow a telephone line at his place of residence or at such other place designated by the supervision officer to be connected to an electronic monitoring device and ensure that there is no call-waiting or call-transfer facility attached to the telephone line and that the telephone line is not connected to any cordless telephone, telephone answering machine, parallel telephone line, modular- demodulator unit or any other equipment which may interfere with the proper functioning of the electronic monitoring device;
(g)not to disconnect, remove, damage, tamper with or lose the electronic transmitting device issued to him or the electronic monitoring device installed at his place of residence or such other designated place or the telephone line connected to the electronic monitoring device;
(h)inform the supervision officer immediately of any malfunction, damage or loss to the electronic transmitting device or the electronic monitoring device;
(i)respond promptly to any telephone call from the centre set up to monitor persons who have been issued with the electronic transmitting device; and
(j)comply with such other conditions as the supervision officer may impose.
(6)  Without prejudice to the continuance of any supervision order in force against him, any person subject to such an order who contravenes or fails to comply with —
(a)paragraph (3)(a) or (f) or a requirement imposed on him under paragraph (5)(a), (b), (c), (d) or (g) 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 4 years or to both; and
(b)paragraph (3)(b), (c), (d), (e), (g) or (k) or a requirement imposed on him under paragraph (5)(e), (f), (h), (i) or (j) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $1,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both.
(7)  Where a person against whom a supervision order is in force has contravened or failed to comply with paragraph (3)(a), (f), (i) or (j) or a requirement imposed on him under paragraph (5)(a), (b) or (c), the Director of the Central Narcotics Bureau may, if having regard to the circumstances of the case he considers it desirable to do so, by order extend the period of supervision of that person for a further period not exceeding 2 years.”.

Made this 21st day of June 1996.

PETER CHAN JER HING
Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Home Affairs,
Singapore.
[D PRIS 63/03/63; AG/SL/6/95]