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Rh :(b) to produce any report or document which identifies, or is likely to identify, any person who has made a notification under subsection (1).

(5) In this section, “court” means any court of competent jurisdiction.

Jurisdiction of District Court

44. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in the Criminal Procedure Code (Cap. 68), a District Court shall have jurisdiction to try any offence under this Act and shall have power to impose the full penalty or punishment in respect of the offence.

Amendment of Schedules

45. The Minister may, by order published in the Gazette, amend, add to or vary the First, Second or Fourth Schedule.

Regulations

46. The Minister may make such regulations as may be necessary or expedient for carrying out the purposes and provisions of this Act and for prescribing anything that may be required or authorised to be prescribed by this Act.

Consequential and related amendments to other written laws

47. The provisions of the Acts specified in the first column of the Third Schedule are amended in the manner set out in the second column thereof.

Savings and transitional provisions

48. The provisions of the Fourth Schedule shall have effect with respect to transitional matters arising from the repeal of Part I of the Mental Disorders and Treatment Act (Cap. 178).