This provision names the Act and defines key terms used in it, including “intoxicating substance” and “supply.”
Intoxicating Substances Act 1987 2020 REVISED EDITION This revised edition incorporates all amendments up to and including 1 December 2021 and comes into operation on 31 December 2021 An Act to prohibit the misuse of certain substances which may cause intoxication when inhaled and for purposes connected therewith. [1 November 1987] PART 1 PRELIMINARY Short title 1. This Act is the Intoxicating Substances Act 1987. Interpretation 2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires — “approved centre” means any place or premises declared by the Minister to be an approved centre under section 18; “article liable to seizure” means anything by means of or in respect of which an offence under this Act has been committed or which contains evidence of an offence under this Act; “Commissioner of Prisons” means the Commissioner of Prisons appointed under section 20 of the Prisons Act 1933; “Director” means the Director of the Central Narcotics Bureau appointed under section 3(1) of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1973 and includes any Deputy Director of the Bureau; “Health Sciences Authority” means the Health Sciences Authority established under the Health Sciences Authority Act 2001; “inmate” means a person who is detained in an approved centre; “intoxicating substance” means any substance having the property of releasing toxic vapours or fumes which contain any chemical compound specified in the Schedule and which when inhaled induces or causes a state of intoxication; “officer of the Bureau” means the Director or any person appointed under section 3 of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1973 as a Deputy Director, an Assistant Director or an officer of the Central Narcotics Bureau; “police officer” has the meaning given by the Police Force Act 2004 and, in relation to a person who is subject to military law under the Singapore Armed Forces Act 1972, includes a military policeman as defined in section 2(1) of that Act; “prison officer” has the meaning given by the Prisons Act 1933; “Review Committee”, in relation to any approved centre, means the Review Committee appointed for the approved centre under section 20; “special police officer” means a member of the Special Constabulary constituted under Part 8 of the Police Force Act 2004; “supervision order” means a written order by the Director made under section 16; “supervision period” means the period for which a person is placed under supervision pursuant to a supervision order made under section 16; “supply” includes having possession for the purpose of supply. [3/2006; 1/2014]