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NO. 36 OF 2005


(b) the Director may order the holder of the permit, at his own expense, to do any one or more of the following:
(i) take such measures as the Director may specify to ensure that the First Schedule biological agent is properly stored;
(ii) destroy the First Schedule biological agent;
(iii) decontaminate the place at which the First Schedule biological agent was stored in contravention of subsection (1) or (2).

(4) Any holder of a permit to import any First Schedule biological agent and any holder of a permit to tranship any First Schedule biological agent who contravenes any order made by the Director under subsection (3)(b) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to be punished as follows:

(a) where the order has been made in relation to or in connection with a First Schedule (Part I) biological agent, with a fine not exceeding $10,000 or with imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or with both; and
(b) where the order has been made in relation to or in connection with a First Schedule (Part II) biological agent, with a fine not exceeding $100,000 or with imprisonment for a term not exceeding 10 years or with both.

Subdivision (3)—Transfer

Prohibition against transfers of First Schedule biological agents except by certain persons

11.—(1) Subject to subsection (2), no person shall transfer any First Schedule biological agent unless—

(a) he has an approval to possess the First Schedule biological agent as referred to in section 6; and
(b) the transferee—
(i) has also been granted an approval to possess the First Schedule biological agent as referred to in section 6; or
(ii) is outside Singapore.