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← Biological Agents and Toxins Act 2005

Biological Agents and Toxins Act 2005 s 20

s 20 Prohibition against transfers of Second Schedule biological agents except by certain persons

20.—(1) Subject to subsection (2), a person must not transfer any Second Schedule biological agent unless —(a) the person has an approval to possess the Second Schedule biological agent as referred to in section 15; and (b) the transferee —(i) has also been granted an approval to possess the Second Schedule biological agent as referred to in section 15; or (ii) is outside Singapore. (2) A person to whom any Second Schedule biological agent has been provided for any excluded purpose must not transfer the Second Schedule biological agent to any other person for any purpose unless the transferee —(a) has been granted an approval to possess the Second Schedule biological agent as referred to in section 15; or (b) is outside Singapore. (3) Any transferor who transfers any Second 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 Second Schedule biological agent as referred to in section 15, 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.

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