(2) No person to whom any First Schedule biological agent has been provided for any excluded purpose shall transfer the First Schedule biological agent to any other person for any purpose other than an excluded purpose unless the transferee—
- (a) has been granted an approval to possess the First Schedule biological agent as referred to in section 6; or
- (b) is outside Singapore.
(3) Any transferor who transfers any First Schedule biological agent to any transferee in Singapore, knowing or having reason to believe that such transferee does not have an approval to possess the First Schedule biological agent as referred to in section 6, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to be punished as follows:
- (a) where the biological agent is a First Schedule (Part I) biological agent, with a fine not exceeding $10,000 or with imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or with both; and
- (b) where the biological agent is a First Schedule (Part II) biological agent, with a fine not exceeding $100,000 or with imprisonment for a term not exceeding 10 years or with both.
Notifications relating to transfers of First Schedule biological agents
12.—(1) Any transferor who wishes to transfer any First Schedule (Part II) biological agent to a transferee shall notify—
- (a) the Director of the proposed transfer within such time and in such form and manner as the Director may require;
- (b) the transferee of an estimated time of receipt by the transferee of the biological agent being transferred; and
- (c) the carrier of the biological agent (where he is not the transferor or transferee) prior to the despatch of the biological agent of a 24-hour emergency number that is monitored at all times by a person who—
- (i) has knowledge of the hazards and characteristics of the biological agent being transported; or
- (ii) has immediate access to a person who possesses such knowledge and information.
