Misuse of Drugs (Use of Information in Register and DNA Database) Regulations 2026

No. S 5

Misuse of Drugs Act 1973

Misuse of Drugs
(Use of Information in Register and
DNA Database) Regulations 2026

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 58 of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1973, the Minister for Home Affairs makes the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement

1.  These Regulations are the Misuse of Drugs (Use of Information in Register and DNA Database) Regulations 2026 and come into operation on 13 January 2026.

Prescribed purposes for use of information in register

2.  For the purposes of section 40D(2)(f) of the Act, the prescribed purposes for which any information stored in the register under section 40D(1)(a) of the Act may be used are as follows:

(a) for comparison with any other information obtained in the course of an investigation of an offence under the Act or the Penal Code 1871, conducted by a military policeman serving as an investigating officer under section 177(b) of the Singapore Armed Forces Act 1972;

(b) for comparison with any other information obtained in the course of an inquiry into any matter relevant to the making of any order, or the giving of any direction, by the President or Minister (as the case may be) under section 8 of the Internal Security Act 1960, conducted by a person designated by the Minister as an intelligence officer under section 65(4) of the Police Force Act 2004;

(c) for comparison with any other information obtained in the course of an investigation of an offence under the Immigration Act 1959 or the Passports Act 2007, conducted by an immigration officer;

(d) for comparison with any other information obtained in the course of an investigation of an offence under the Registration of Births and Deaths Act 2021, conducted by an authorised registration officer as defined in section 2(1) of that Act;

(e) for comparison with any other information obtained in the course of an investigation of an offence under the National Registration Act 1965, conducted by a registration officer as defined in section 2(1) of that Act;

(f) for comparison with any other information obtained in the course of an investigation of an offence under the Employment of Foreign Manpower Act 1990, conducted by an employment inspector as defined in section 2 of that Act;

(g) for comparison with any other information obtained in the course of an investigation of an offence under the Employment Act 1968, conducted by an inspecting officer as defined in section 2(1) of that Act;

(h) for comparison with any other information obtained in the course of an investigation of an offence under the Workplace Safety and Health Act 2006, conducted by an inspector as defined in section 4(1) of that Act.

Prescribed purposes for use of information in DNA database

3.  For the purposes of section 40D(2)(f) of the Act, the prescribed purposes for which any information stored in the DNA database under section 40D(1)(b) of the Act may be used are as follows:

(a) for comparison with any other DNA information obtained in the course of an investigation of an offence under the Act or the Penal Code 1871, conducted by a military policeman serving as an investigating officer under section 177(b) of the Singapore Armed Forces Act 1972;

(b) for comparison with any other DNA information obtained in the course of an inquiry into any matter relevant to the making of any order, or the giving of any direction, by the President or Minister (as the case may be) under section 8 of the Internal Security Act 1960, conducted by a person designated by the Minister as an intelligence officer under section 65(4) of the Police Force Act 2004.

Made on 7 January 2026.

PANG KIN KEONG

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Home Affairs,
Singapore.

[MHA/112/2/0049; AG/LEGIS/SL/185/2020/15]