Is MDMA legal in Singapore?
Also known as: molly, ecstasy
- Legal status
- Class A controlled drug. Misuse of Drugs Act 1973 (Singapore), First Schedule, Part 1 (Class A Drugs), entry (46), which reads "N,α-Dimethyl-3,4-(methylenedioxy)phenethylamine (also known as 3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine or MDMA) and its acyloxy or sulphonyl derivatives at the nitrogen atom".
- Consequences if caught
- Second Schedule reach: none. The Second Schedule carries 20 rows imposing "Death" and they name exactly eight terms: opium, morphine, diamorphine, cocaine, cannabis, cannabis mixture, cannabis resin and methamphetamine. This substance is none of those eight and it is not reached through any of them, so the Second Schedule sets no capital band for it. Trafficking in a Class A drug carries "Maximum 20 years and 15 strokes" with a minimum of "5 years and 5 strokes"; unauthorised import, export or manufacture of a Class A drug carries "Maximum 30 years or imprisonment for life and 15 strokes". Consumption and possession are separately punishable.
- If prescribed or medical
- Any authorised medical or scientific handling is under the Act and its regulations. Do not rely on a foreign prescription without checking with the Health Sciences Authority before travelling. Nothing here authorises possession.
- Documentation
- VERIFIED against the instrument. Instrument: Misuse of Drugs Act 1973 (Singapore). Section: First Schedule, Part 1 (Class A Drugs), entry (46). URL: https://sso.agc.gov.sg/Act/MDA1973. The whole Second Schedule was read before the capital statement above was written: it names eight terms and this is not one of them.
- Misuse of Drugs Act 1973 (Singapore), First Schedule, Second Schedule, Third Schedule and Fifth Schedule, on Singapore Statutes Online at https://sso.agc.gov.sg/Act/MDA1973, read as at the version the page marks "Current version as at 17 Sep 2026", the most recent amendment shown on its own timeline being S 321/2026 with effect from 1 June 2026
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What sentences have courts imposed for MDMA in Singapore?
One prosecution recorded in Singapore, checked against the official document cited below it. Individuals are never named, and these are examples of what has happened, not a prediction of what will. How we verify a court case.
Across 1 verified case, one sentence of 11 years is recorded.
A courier who had entered Singapore from Malaysia handed over two bundles near a carpark in 2019, and officers of the Central Narcotics Bureau made an arrest minutes later. The bundles included 100 tablets containing not less than 15.01g of MDMA. The High Court convicted the accused on the trafficking charge and imposed 11 years' imprisonment and ten strokes of the cane.
2019an accused person collecting a deliveryCitation [2026] SGHC 52
convicted of possession of MDMA for the purpose of trafficking, 11 years' imprisonment and ten strokes of the cane
Substances recorded mdma
MDMA in related jurisdictions
Other substances confirmed in Singapore
Same substance, other countries
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