s 19T Institutional treatment and rehabilitation
19T.—(1) The Chief Executive may make an order in writing requiring a person to be admitted to an approved institution for treatment and rehabilitation and to be detained there for a period not exceeding 12 months where —(a) the person —(i) is currently, or was, subject to an order for community-based rehabilitation under section 19R or was subject to an order made under this section; or (ii) is or was subject to an order made on or before the relevant date, in relation to the suspected consumption of a relevant controlled drug, under section 34(2)(a) or (b) of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1973 or under any regulations made under that Act; (b) the person is reasonably suspected to have committed an offence under section 19E(1); (c) the results mentioned in subsection (2) of the person are positive for a specified psychoactive substance; and (d) it appears to the Chief Executive that it is necessary for the person to undergo treatment and rehabilitation at an approved institution. (2) The results mentioned in subsection (1)(c) are any, or any combination, of the following:(a) the results of both urine tests conducted under section 19J(8)(b); (b) the result of a hair test conducted under section 19K. (3) Every person who is admitted to an approved institution under this section is to be detained in the institution for the period specified in the order unless he or she is discharged earlier by the Chief Executive or the Review Committee of the institution. (4) Where a person who is admitted to an approved institution, pursuant to an order made under subsection (1), is transferred from that approved institution to one or more other approved institutions or to one or more community rehabilitation centres, the combined period of his or her detention in all the approved institutions and community rehabilitation centres must not be less than the period specified in the order, unless he or she is discharged earlier by the Chief Executive or the Review Committee of the approved institution or community rehabilitation centre. (5) If the Review Committee of an approved institution or a community rehabilitation centre is of the opinion that an inmate of the institution or centre whose period of detention therein is about to expire requires further treatment or rehabilitation or both, the Review Committee may, by order in writing, direct that the inmate be detained in the institution or centre for a further period or periods not exceeding 6 months at any one time. (6) A person in respect of whom an order has been made under subsection (1) must not be detained in an approved institution or institutions or a community rehabilitation centre or centres for a period of more than 2 years after his or her first admission to the approved institution pursuant to that order. (7) The Chief Executive may, subject to any limitations that the Chief Executive may impose, delegate in writing his or her power under subsection (1) to an officer of the Authority who holds a position of responsibility that is of or above the equivalent of a Director. (8) A delegation under subsection (7) must be published in the Gazette. (9) In this section —“relevant controlled drug” means a specified psychoactive substance that was a controlled drug specified in Part 3 of the First Schedule to the Misuse of Drugs Act 1973 as at the relevant date; “relevant date” means the date immediately before the date of commencement of section 11 of the Tobacco (Control of Advertisements and Sale) (Amendment) and Other Matters Act 2026.[Act 9 of 2026 wef 01/05/2026]