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Rh :(d) any police officer; or
 * (e) any other person or class of persons appointed by the Minister as an authorised officer or authorised officers for the purposes of this Act;

"corresponding drug law", in relation to a foreign country, means a law stated in a certificate purporting to be issued by or on behalf of the government of the foreign country to be a law providing for the control and regulation in that country of—
 * (a) the production, supply, use, export and import of drugs and other substances in accordance with the provisions of the Single Convention of Narcotic Drugs signed at New York on 30th March 1961;
 * (b) the production, supply, use, export and import of dangerous or otherwise harmful drugs in pursuance of any treaty, convention or other agreement or arrangement to which the Government and the government of that country are for the time being parties; or
 * (c) the benefits of trafficking in the drugs or substances referred to in paragraph (a) or (b);

"criminal investigation" means an investigation—
 * (a) into a Singapore offence or a foreign offence, as the case may be; or
 * (b) for the purposes of an ancillary criminal matter;

"criminal matter" means—
 * (a) a criminal investigation;
 * (b) criminal proceedings; or
 * (c) an ancillary criminal matter;

"criminal proceedings" means a trial of a person for a Singapore offence or foreign offence, as the case may be, and includes any proceeding to determine whether a particular person should be tried for the offence;

"dealing", in relation to property, includes—
 * (a) receiving or acquiring the property;