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BIOLOGICAL AGENTS AND TOXINS
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Division 5—Transportation

Prohibition against transportation by certain means

37.—(1) No person shall transport or procure the transportation of any Fifth Schedule toxin within Singapore by mail or public transportation.

(2) Any person who contravenes subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $100,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 10 years or to both.

PART V
DUTIES AND OBLIGATIONS IN RELATION TO BIOLOGICAL AGENTS AND TOXINS

Division 1—Duties and obligations of operators, biosafety committees, biosafety co-ordinators and staff of facilities

Application

38.—(1) Except as otherwise specified, the duties and obligations specified in this Division shall apply to the operator of a facility who has been granted—

(a) an approval to possess any First Schedule biological agent or Second Schedule biological agent;
(b) an approval to produce on a large scale any First Schedule biological agent or Third Schedule biological agent; or
(c) an approval to possess any Fifth Schedule toxin,

in relation to or in connection with the possession or production allowed by such approval.

(2) In this Division—

“biological agent” means—
(a) any First Schedule biological agent;
(b) any Second Schedule biological agent; or
(c) any Third Schedule biological agent produced on a large scale;