s 19J Urine tests
19J.—(1) An authorised officer may, if he or she reasonably suspects any person to have committed an offence under section 19E(1), require that person to provide a specimen of the person’s urine for urine tests to be conducted under this section. (2) The Chief Executive may, for the purpose of ensuring that a relevant person no longer has a desire or need to continue to smoke, inhale or otherwise consume a specified psychoactive substance or no longer has a psychological or physical dependence on the effect of a specified psychoactive substance, after the relevant time, order the relevant person —(a) to present himself or herself to any authorised officer; and (b) to provide a specimen of the relevant person’s urine for urine tests to be conducted under this section as required by such officer. (3) Any serviceman in the Singapore Armed Forces who is appointed by the Minister as an enforcement officer may, if the enforcement officer reasonably suspects a person subject to military law under section 3 of the Singapore Armed Forces Act 1972 to have committed an offence under section 19E(1), require that person to provide a specimen of that person’s urine for urine tests to be conducted under this section. (4) A person commits an offence if the person, without reasonable excuse, fails to provide a specimen of his or her urine within such time as may be required by any of the officers mentioned in subsection (1), (2) or (3). (5) A person who is guilty of an offence under subsection (4) shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $20,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 10 years or to both. (6) A person commits an offence if the person, without reasonable excuse, fails to comply with an order under subsection (2). (7) A person who is guilty of an offence under subsection (6) shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 4 years or to both. (8) A specimen of urine provided under this section must be divided into 3 parts and dealt with, in the manner and in accordance with the procedure prescribed, as follows:(a) a preliminary urine test must be conducted on one part of the urine specimen; (b) each of the remaining 2 parts of the urine specimen must be marked and sealed and a urine test must be conducted on each part by a different person, being either an analyst employed by the Authority or any person that the Minister may appoint for such purpose. (9) Despite subsection (8), where upon conducting any preliminary urine test under subsection (8)(a), a part of a urine specimen has tested negative for any specified psychoactive substance, any of the officers mentioned in subsection (1), (2) or (3) may either discard the remaining 2 parts of the same urine specimen or proceed in accordance with subsection (8)(b). (10) A certificate stating the result of a urine test must be signed by an analyst employed by the Authority or any other person that the Minister appoints for such purpose. (11) An appointment under subsection (8)(b) or (10) must be published in the Gazette. (12) The certificate stating the result of a urine test may be signed by an analyst or a person appointed under subsection (10), even though he or she did not personally conduct the test to analyse the urine specimen, as long as the test was conducted by another person acting under his or her direction. (13) In this section, a specimen of urine may be collected from a person on different occasions within the time mentioned in subsection (4). (14) The Chief Executive may, subject to any limitations that the Chief Executive may impose, delegate in writing his or her power under subsection (2) to an officer of the Authority who holds a position of responsibility that is of or above the equivalent of a Director. (15) A delegation under subsection (14) must be published in the Gazette. (16) In this section and section 19K —“relevant person” means —(a) any person discharged from an approved institution or a community rehabilitation centre; or (b) any person convicted of an offence under —(i) section 19E(1); or (ii) section 26 or 34 of the Singapore Armed Forces Act 1972 involving the consumption of a specified psychoactive substance; “relevant time” means —(a) in relation to a person mentioned in paragraph (a) of the definition of “relevant person”, the time the person is discharged from the approved institution or community rehabilitation centre; or (b) in relation to a person mentioned in paragraph (b) of the definition of “relevant person”, the time the person is convicted of the offence under section 19E(1), or section 26 or 34 of the Singapore Armed Forces Act 1972, as the case may be.[Act 9 of 2026 wef 01/05/2026]