False statements, forging of licences, etc.
129. —(1) If any person — ( a ) in relation to an application made under this Act or the rules for registration or the cancellation of the registration of a vehicle, the grant of any approval, permit or licence to the person or any other person, or for the purpose of preventing the grant or variation of any approval, permit or licence or of procuring the imposition of any condition or limitation in relation to any approval, permit or licence, makes or causes to be made any statement or declaration which is false or in any material respect misleading; ( b ) furnishes or causes to be furnished any particulars in connection with a change of the registration of any vehicle which to the person’s knowledge are false or in any material respect misleading; or ( c ) makes or causes to be made any entry in a record, register or other document required to be kept under this Act and the rules which to the person’s knowledge is false or in any material respect misleading, the person shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both. [4/2006; 10/2017] (2) If any person — ( a ) forges or alters or defaces or mutilates or uses or lends to, or allows to be used by, any other person, any mark, plate or document which is required under this Act to be carried on a vehicle or trailer, or any licence issued under this Act; ( b ) makes or has in the person’s possession any mark, plate or document so closely resembling a licence or any mark, plate or document as aforesaid as to be calculated to deceive; ( c ) alters any entry made in a record, register or other document kept under this Act or the rules; ( d ) exhibits upon any vehicle or trailer any licence or identification mark, plate or document which has been forged, altered, defaced, mutilated or added to or any colourable imitation of a licence, mark, plate or document which is required under this Act to be carried on a vehicle or trailer; ( e ) transfers or affixes to any vehicle or trailer for which it was not issued any licence, identification mark, plate or document which is required under this Act to be carried on a vehicle or trailer; or ( f ) uses any forged, altered, defaced or mutilated driving licence or any driving licence to which any addition not authorised by this Act has been made, the person shall, unless the person establishes to the satisfaction of the court that the person acted without intent to deceive, be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to be punished as follows: ( g ) in the case of a person who is convicted for the first time of an offence under subsection (2)( a ) or ( d ) in connection with the alteration of a supplementary licence issued under section 11A — with a fine not exceeding $10,000; ( h ) in the case of a person who is convicted of a second or subsequent offence under subsection (2)( a ) or ( d ) in connection with the alteration of a supplementary licence issued under section 11A — with a fine not exceeding $20,000 or with imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or with both; ( i ) in any other case — with a fine not exceeding $5,000 or with imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or with both. [4/2006; 10/2017] (3) Despite the provisions of any written law to the contrary, a District Court or Magistrate’s Court has jurisdiction to try any offence under this section and to impose the maximum penalty prescribed therefor. (4) Subsection (2), with the necessary modifications, applies in relation to a document evidencing the appointment of an officer for the purposes of this Act as it applies in relation to a licence. (5) If any police officer or the Registrar or officer authorised by the Registrar in writing has reasonable cause to believe that a document carried on a motor vehicle or any licence or record or other document produced to him or her pursuant to the provisions of this Act is a document in relation to which an offence under this section has been committed, he or she may seize the document. (6) When any document is seized under this section, the driver or the owner of the vehicle must, if the document is still detained and neither of them has previously been charged with an offence under this section, be summoned before a District Court or Magistrate’s Court to account for the driver’s or owner’s possession of or the presence on the vehicle of the document. (7) The District Court or Magistrate’s Court is to make such order respecting the disposal of the document and award such costs as the justice of the case may require. (8) In subsections (5), (6) and (7), “document” includes a plate and the power to seize includes power to detach from the vehicle.
—(1) If any person — ( a ) in relation to an application made under this Act or the rules for registration or the cancellation of the registration of a vehicle, the grant of any approval, permit or licence to the person or any other person, or for the purpose of preventing the grant or variation of any approval, permit or licence or of procuring the imposition of any condition or limitation in relation to any approval, permit or licence, makes or causes to be made any statement or declaration which is false or in any material respect misleading; ( b ) furnishes or causes to be furnished any particulars in connection with a change of the registration of any vehicle which to the person’s knowledge are false or in any material respect misleading; or ( c ) makes or causes to be made any entry in a record, register or other document required to be kept under this Act and the rules which to the person’s knowledge is false or in any material respect misleading, the person shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both. [4/2006; 10/2017]
(2) If any person — ( a ) forges or alters or defaces or mutilates or uses or lends to, or allows to be used by, any other person, any mark, plate or document which is required under this Act to be carried on a vehicle or trailer, or any licence issued under this Act; ( b ) makes or has in the person’s possession any mark, plate or document so closely resembling a licence or any mark, plate or document as aforesaid as to be calculated to deceive; ( c ) alters any entry made in a record, register or other document kept under this Act or the rules; ( d ) exhibits upon any vehicle or trailer any licence or identification mark, plate or document which has been forged, altered, defaced, mutilated or added to or any colourable imitation of a licence, mark, plate or document which is required under this Act to be carried on a vehicle or trailer; ( e ) transfers or affixes to any vehicle or trailer for which it was not issued any licence, identification mark, plate or document which is required under this Act to be carried on a vehicle or trailer; or ( f ) uses any forged, altered, defaced or mutilated driving licence or any driving licence to which any addition not authorised by this Act has been made, the person shall, unless the person establishes to the satisfaction of the court that the person acted without intent to deceive, be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to be punished as follows: ( g ) in the case of a person who is convicted for the first time of an offence under subsection (2)( a ) or ( d ) in connection with the alteration of a supplementary licence issued under section 11A — with a fine not exceeding $10,000; ( h ) in the case of a person who is convicted of a second or subsequent offence under subsection (2)( a ) or ( d ) in connection with the alteration of a supplementary licence issued under section 11A — with a fine not exceeding $20,000 or with imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or with both; ( i ) in any other case — with a fine not exceeding $5,000 or with imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or with both. [4/2006; 10/2017]
(3) Despite the provisions of any written law to the contrary, a District Court or Magistrate’s Court has jurisdiction to try any offence under this section and to impose the maximum penalty prescribed therefor.
(4) Subsection (2), with the necessary modifications, applies in relation to a document evidencing the appointment of an officer for the purposes of this Act as it applies in relation to a licence.
(5) If any police officer or the Registrar or officer authorised by the Registrar in writing has reasonable cause to believe that a document carried on a motor vehicle or any licence or record or other document produced to him or her pursuant to the provisions of this Act is a document in relation to which an offence under this section has been committed, he or she may seize the document.
(6) When any document is seized under this section, the driver or the owner of the vehicle must, if the document is still detained and neither of them has previously been charged with an offence under this section, be summoned before a District Court or Magistrate’s Court to account for the driver’s or owner’s possession of or the presence on the vehicle of the document.
(7) The District Court or Magistrate’s Court is to make such order respecting the disposal of the document and award such costs as the justice of the case may require.
(8) In subsections (5), (6) and (7), “document” includes a plate and the power to seize includes power to detach from the vehicle.
Presumptions
130. In any proceedings for an offence under Part 5, insofar as it may be necessary to establish the offence charged, it is presumed until the contrary is proved — ( a ) that any conveyance of persons or goods in a motor vehicle was for hire or reward; ( b ) that the passengers carried in a motor vehicle were being carried in consideration of separate payments made by them; ( c ) that a vehicle is not a vehicle in relation to which any licence under Part 5 has been granted; ( d ) that any person is not the holder of a licence granted under the provisions of Part 5 in respect of a motor vehicle; ( e ) that any person is the owner of a motor vehicle; and ( f ) that any person is the holder of a licence granted under Part 5.
Offences and penalties
131. —(1) A person who without lawful excuse — ( a ) refuses or neglects to do anything the person is by this Act or the rules required to do; ( b ) fails to comply with the requirements of any notice served on the person under this Act or the rules; or ( c ) acts in contravention of any provision of this Act or the rules, shall be guilty of an offence. [10/2017] (2) Any person who, under this section or any other provision of this Act or the rules, is guilty of an offence shall be liable on conviction, where no special penalty is provided — ( a ) in the case of a first offence — to a fine not exceeding $1,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 months or to both; and ( b ) in the case of a second or subsequent offence — to a fine not exceeding $2,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both. [10/2017]
—(1) A person who without lawful excuse — ( a ) refuses or neglects to do anything the person is by this Act or the rules required to do; ( b ) fails to comply with the requirements of any notice served on the person under this Act or the rules; or ( c ) acts in contravention of any provision of this Act or the rules, shall be guilty of an offence. [10/2017]
(2) Any person who, under this section or any other provision of this Act or the rules, is guilty of an offence shall be liable on conviction, where no special penalty is provided — ( a ) in the case of a first offence — to a fine not exceeding $1,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 months or to both; and ( b ) in the case of a second or subsequent offence — to a fine not exceeding $2,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both. [10/2017]
Service of summonses and other documents
131A. —(1) Every summons issued for an offence under this Act or the rules, and every notice, order or other document required or authorised to be given or served under this Act or the rules may be served on any person — ( a ) by delivering it to the person or to some adult member or employee of his or her family at his or her usual or last known place of residence or any address furnished by the person; ( b ) by leaving it at the usual or last known place of residence or place of business of the person in a cover addressed to the person or any address furnished by the person; ( c ) by sending it by normal post or registered post in a prepaid letter addressed to the person at the person’s usual or last known place of residence or business or any address furnished by the person; or ( d ) in the case of a notice to be served on a person whose usual or last known place of residence or business cannot, with reasonable diligence, be ascertained, by publication of the notice in the Gazette . [37/2012; 10/2017] (1A) In addition, and subject to subsection (2B), a notice, order or document (other than a summons) required or authorised to be given or served under this Act or any subsidiary legislation made under this Act on an individual, a partnership, a body corporate or an unincorporated association may be given or served — ( a ) by sending it by email to the email address of the individual, partnership, body corporate or unincorporated association, as the case may be; ( b ) by sending it by fax to whichever of the following is applicable: (i) the fax number last known to the Authority as the fax number for the service of notices, orders or documents on the individual; (ii) the fax number used at the partnership’s business address; (iii) the fax number used at the body corporate’s or unincorporated association’s registered office or principal office in Singapore; ( c ) by giving an electronic notice to the individual, partnership, body corporate or unincorporated association (called in this section an addressee) by the addressee’s chosen means of notification, stating that the notice, order or document is available and how the addressee may use the addressee’s chosen means of access to access the contents of that notice, order or document; or ( d ) by any other method authorised by the rules for the service of notices, orders or documents of that kind if the recipient consents (expressly or impliedly) to service of a notice, order or document of that kind in that way. [38/2018] [Act 2 of 2025 wef 12/06/2025] (1B) In addition, and subject to subsection (2C), a summons issued for an offence under this Act or the rules may be served on an individual, a partnership, a body corporate or an unincorporated association by sending it by email to the email address of the individual, partnership, body corporate or unincorporated association (as the case may be) as specified in accordance with subsection (2C). [Act 2 of 2025 wef 12/06/2025] (2) Where any summons, notice, order or document is served on any person by registered post, it is deemed to have been served within the time as it would take to arrive in the ordinary course of transmission and in proving service of the same it is sufficient to prove that the envelope containing the summons, notice, order or document was properly addressed, stamped and posted by registered post. (2A) Service of a notice, order or document under subsection (1A)( a ) or ( b ), or a summons under subsection (1B), takes effect — ( a ) if the notice, order or document, or the summons, is sent by email, at the time that the email becomes capable of being retrieved by the person; or [Act 2 of 2025 wef 12/06/2025] ( b ) if the notice, order or document is sent by fax and a notification of successful transmission is received, on the day of transmission. [38/2018] [Act 2 of 2025 wef 12/06/2025] (2B) However, service of any notice, order or document under this Act or any subsidiary legislation made under this Act on a person by email or by an electronic notice at the person’s chosen means of notification may be effected only with the person’s prior consent (express or implied) to service in that way. [38/2018] (2C) A summons may be served by email as mentioned in subsection (1B) only if — ( a ) any of the following persons (as the case may be) gives prior written consent for the summons to be served in that manner: (i) the person on whom the summons is to be served; (ii) the director, manager or secretary or other similar officer of a body corporate on whom the summons is to be served; (iii) any of the partners or the secretary or other similar officer of a partnership (other than a limited liability partnership) on whom the summons is to be served; (iv) the president, secretary or any member of the committee of an unincorporated association (or any person holding a position analogous to that of the president, secretary or member of the committee) on whom the summons is to be served; and ( b ) that person specifies in that written consent the email address to which the summons is to be sent. [Act 2 of 2025 wef 12/06/2025] (3) All notices, orders and other documents which the Registrar is empowered to give by this Act or the rules may be given by any officer duly authorised by the Registrar. [10/2017] (4) Subsections (1) and (1B) do not apply to any summons in connection with any offence punishable with imprisonment and the summons must be served in the manner prescribed by the Criminal Procedure Code 2010 for the service of summonses under that Code. [37/2012] [Act 2 of 2025 wef 12/06/2025] (5) In this section — “business address” or “place of business” means — ( a ) in the case of an individual, the individual’s usual or last known place of business in Singapore; or ( b ) in the case of a partnership (other than a limited liability partnership), the partnership’s principal or last known place of business in Singapore; “chosen means of access”, for an addressee on whom is or is to be served a notice, order or document required or authorised to be given or served under this Act or any subsidiary legislation made under this Act, means an electronic means the addressee agrees with the person giving or serving the notice, order or document as the means by which the addressee may access the contents of that notice, order or document; “chosen means of notification”, for an addressee on whom is or is to be given or served a notice, order or document required or authorised to be given or served under this Act or any subsidiary legislation made under this Act, means an electronic means that the addressee nominates to the person giving or serving the notice, order or document as the means by which the addressee may be notified that such a notice, order or document has been given or served on the addressee; “email address” means the last email address given by the addressee concerned to the person giving or serving a notice, order or document as the email address for the service of notices, orders or documents under this Act or any subsidiary legislation made under this Act. [38/2018]
—(1) Every summons issued for an offence under this Act or the rules, and every notice, order or other document required or authorised to be given or served under this Act or the rules may be served on any person — ( a ) by delivering it to the person or to some adult member or employee of his or her family at his or her usual or last known place of residence or any address furnished by the person; ( b ) by leaving it at the usual or last known place of residence or place of business of the person in a cover addressed to the person or any address furnished by the person; ( c ) by sending it by normal post or registered post in a prepaid letter addressed to the person at the person’s usual or last known place of residence or business or any address furnished by the person; or ( d ) in the case of a notice to be served on a person whose usual or last known place of residence or business cannot, with reasonable diligence, be ascertained, by publication of the notice in the Gazette . [37/2012; 10/2017]
(1A) In addition, and subject to subsection (2B), a notice, order or document (other than a summons) required or authorised to be given or served under this Act or any subsidiary legislation made under this Act on an individual, a partnership, a body corporate or an unincorporated association may be given or served — ( a ) by sending it by email to the email address of the individual, partnership, body corporate or unincorporated association, as the case may be; ( b ) by sending it by fax to whichever of the following is applicable: (i) the fax number last known to the Authority as the fax number for the service of notices, orders or documents on the individual; (ii) the fax number used at the partnership’s business address; (iii) the fax number used at the body corporate’s or unincorporated association’s registered office or principal office in Singapore; ( c ) by giving an electronic notice to the individual, partnership, body corporate or unincorporated association (called in this section an addressee) by the addressee’s chosen means of notification, stating that the notice, order or document is available and how the addressee may use the addressee’s chosen means of access to access the contents of that notice, order or document; or ( d ) by any other method authorised by the rules for the service of notices, orders or documents of that kind if the recipient consents (expressly or impliedly) to service of a notice, order or document of that kind in that way. [38/2018] [Act 2 of 2025 wef 12/06/2025]
(1B) In addition, and subject to subsection (2C), a summons issued for an offence under this Act or the rules may be served on an individual, a partnership, a body corporate or an unincorporated association by sending it by email to the email address of the individual, partnership, body corporate or unincorporated association (as the case may be) as specified in accordance with subsection (2C). [Act 2 of 2025 wef 12/06/2025]
(2) Where any summons, notice, order or document is served on any person by registered post, it is deemed to have been served within the time as it would take to arrive in the ordinary course of transmission and in proving service of the same it is sufficient to prove that the envelope containing the summons, notice, order or document was properly addressed, stamped and posted by registered post.
(2A) Service of a notice, order or document under subsection (1A)( a ) or ( b ), or a summons under subsection (1B), takes effect — ( a ) if the notice, order or document, or the summons, is sent by email, at the time that the email becomes capable of being retrieved by the person; or [Act 2 of 2025 wef 12/06/2025] ( b ) if the notice, order or document is sent by fax and a notification of successful transmission is received, on the day of transmission. [38/2018] [Act 2 of 2025 wef 12/06/2025]
(2B) However, service of any notice, order or document under this Act or any subsidiary legislation made under this Act on a person by email or by an electronic notice at the person’s chosen means of notification may be effected only with the person’s prior consent (express or implied) to service in that way. [38/2018]
(2C) A summons may be served by email as mentioned in subsection (1B) only if — ( a ) any of the following persons (as the case may be) gives prior written consent for the summons to be served in that manner: (i) the person on whom the summons is to be served; (ii) the director, manager or secretary or other similar officer of a body corporate on whom the summons is to be served; (iii) any of the partners or the secretary or other similar officer of a partnership (other than a limited liability partnership) on whom the summons is to be served; (iv) the president, secretary or any member of the committee of an unincorporated association (or any person holding a position analogous to that of the president, secretary or member of the committee) on whom the summons is to be served; and ( b ) that person specifies in that written consent the email address to which the summons is to be sent. [Act 2 of 2025 wef 12/06/2025]
(3) All notices, orders and other documents which the Registrar is empowered to give by this Act or the rules may be given by any officer duly authorised by the Registrar. [10/2017]
(4) Subsections (1) and (1B) do not apply to any summons in connection with any offence punishable with imprisonment and the summons must be served in the manner prescribed by the Criminal Procedure Code 2010 for the service of summonses under that Code. [37/2012] [Act 2 of 2025 wef 12/06/2025]
(5) In this section — “business address” or “place of business” means — ( a ) in the case of an individual, the individual’s usual or last known place of business in Singapore; or ( b ) in the case of a partnership (other than a limited liability partnership), the partnership’s principal or last known place of business in Singapore; “chosen means of access”, for an addressee on whom is or is to be served a notice, order or document required or authorised to be given or served under this Act or any subsidiary legislation made under this Act, means an electronic means the addressee agrees with the person giving or serving the notice, order or document as the means by which the addressee may access the contents of that notice, order or document; “chosen means of notification”, for an addressee on whom is or is to be given or served a notice, order or document required or authorised to be given or served under this Act or any subsidiary legislation made under this Act, means an electronic means that the addressee nominates to the person giving or serving the notice, order or document as the means by which the addressee may be notified that such a notice, order or document has been given or served on the addressee; “email address” means the last email address given by the addressee concerned to the person giving or serving a notice, order or document as the email address for the service of notices, orders or documents under this Act or any subsidiary legislation made under this Act. [38/2018]
Offences by bodies corporate, etc.
131B. —(1) Where an offence under this Act committed by a body corporate is proved — ( a ) to have been committed with the consent or connivance of an officer; or ( b ) to be attributable to any act or default on the officer’s part, the officer as well as the body corporate shall be guilty of the offence and shall be liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly. [24/2010] (2) Where the affairs of a body corporate are managed by its members, subsection (1) applies in relation to the acts and defaults of a member in connection with the member’s functions of management as if the member were a director of the body corporate. [24/2010] (3) Where an offence under this Act committed by a partnership is proved — ( a ) to have been committed with the consent or connivance of a partner; or ( b ) to be attributable to any act or default on the partner’s part, the partner as well as the partnership shall be guilty of the offence and shall be liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly. [24/2010] (4) Where an offence under this Act committed by a limited liability partnership is proved to have been committed with the consent or connivance of, or to be attributable to any neglect on the part of, a partner or manager of the limited liability partnership, the partner or manager (as the case may be) as well as the partnership shall be guilty of that offence and shall be liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly. [24/2010] (5) Where an offence under this Act committed by an unincorporated association (other than a partnership) is proved — ( a ) to have been committed with the consent or connivance of an officer of the unincorporated association or a member of its governing body; or ( b ) to be attributable to any act or default on the part of such an officer or a member, the officer or member as well as the unincorporated association shall be guilty of the offence and shall be liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly. [24/2010] (6) In this section — “body corporate” and “partnership” exclude a limited liability partnership within the meaning of the Limited Liability Partnerships Act 2005; “officer” — ( a ) in relation to a body corporate, means any director, member of the committee of management, chief executive officer, manager, secretary or other similar officer of the body corporate and includes any person purporting to act in any such capacity; and ( b ) in relation to an unincorporated association (other than a partnership), means the president, the secretary, or any member of the committee of the unincorporated association, or any person holding a position analogous to that of the president, secretary or member of the committee and includes any person purporting to act in any such capacity; “partner” includes a person purporting to act as a partner. [24/2010] (7) The appropriate Minister may make rules to provide for the application of any provision of this section, with any modifications that the appropriate Minister considers appropriate, to any body corporate, limited liability partnership or unincorporated association formed or recognised under the law of a territory outside Singapore. [24/2010]
—(1) Where an offence under this Act committed by a body corporate is proved — ( a ) to have been committed with the consent or connivance of an officer; or ( b ) to be attributable to any act or default on the officer’s part, the officer as well as the body corporate shall be guilty of the offence and shall be liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly. [24/2010]
(2) Where the affairs of a body corporate are managed by its members, subsection (1) applies in relation to the acts and defaults of a member in connection with the member’s functions of management as if the member were a director of the body corporate. [24/2010]
(3) Where an offence under this Act committed by a partnership is proved — ( a ) to have been committed with the consent or connivance of a partner; or ( b ) to be attributable to any act or default on the partner’s part, the partner as well as the partnership shall be guilty of the offence and shall be liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly. [24/2010]
(4) Where an offence under this Act committed by a limited liability partnership is proved to have been committed with the consent or connivance of, or to be attributable to any neglect on the part of, a partner or manager of the limited liability partnership, the partner or manager (as the case may be) as well as the partnership shall be guilty of that offence and shall be liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly. [24/2010]
(5) Where an offence under this Act committed by an unincorporated association (other than a partnership) is proved — ( a ) to have been committed with the consent or connivance of an officer of the unincorporated association or a member of its governing body; or ( b ) to be attributable to any act or default on the part of such an officer or a member, the officer or member as well as the unincorporated association shall be guilty of the offence and shall be liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly. [24/2010]
(6) In this section — “body corporate” and “partnership” exclude a limited liability partnership within the meaning of the Limited Liability Partnerships Act 2005; “officer” — ( a ) in relation to a body corporate, means any director, member of the committee of management, chief executive officer, manager, secretary or other similar officer of the body corporate and includes any person purporting to act in any such capacity; and ( b ) in relation to an unincorporated association (other than a partnership), means the president, the secretary, or any member of the committee of the unincorporated association, or any person holding a position analogous to that of the president, secretary or member of the committee and includes any person purporting to act in any such capacity; “partner” includes a person purporting to act as a partner. [24/2010]
(7) The appropriate Minister may make rules to provide for the application of any provision of this section, with any modifications that the appropriate Minister considers appropriate, to any body corporate, limited liability partnership or unincorporated association formed or recognised under the law of a territory outside Singapore. [24/2010]
Traffic ticket notice
133. —(1) Where a police officer or an employee of the Authority authorised in that behalf has reasonable grounds for believing that a person has committed an offence under this Act or the rules, he or she may, in lieu of applying to a court for a summons, immediately serve upon that person a notice, requiring that person to attend at the court described, at the hour and on the date specified in the notice. [28/2014; 10/2017] (2) A duplicate of the notice must be prepared by the police officer and, if so required by a court, produced to the court. (3) The notice may be served on the person alleged to have committed the offence in the manner provided by section 131A. (4) On an accused person appearing before a court pursuant to the notice, the court is to take cognizance of the offence alleged and is to proceed as though the accused person were produced before it pursuant to section 153 of the Criminal Procedure Code 2010. [15/2010] (5) If a person, upon whom the notice has been served in the manner provided by section 131A, fails to appear before a court in person or by counsel in accordance therewith, the court may, if satisfied that the notice was duly served, issue a warrant for the arrest of the person unless in the case of an offence which may be compounded that person has before that date been permitted to compound the offence. (6) Upon a person arrested pursuant to a warrant issued under subsection (5) being produced before it, a court is to proceed as though he or she were produced before it under section 153 of the Criminal Procedure Code 2010. [Act 31 of 2022 wef 01/11/2022] (7) A notice served under subsection (1) may, at any time before the date specified in the notice, be cancelled by — ( a ) a police officer not below the rank of sergeant specially authorised by a Deputy Commissioner of Police; or ( b ) an employee of the Authority specially authorised in person by the Registrar of Vehicles appointed under section 9(1). [23/2013; 28/2014; 12/2021]
—(1) Where a police officer or an employee of the Authority authorised in that behalf has reasonable grounds for believing that a person has committed an offence under this Act or the rules, he or she may, in lieu of applying to a court for a summons, immediately serve upon that person a notice, requiring that person to attend at the court described, at the hour and on the date specified in the notice. [28/2014; 10/2017]
(2) A duplicate of the notice must be prepared by the police officer and, if so required by a court, produced to the court.
(3) The notice may be served on the person alleged to have committed the offence in the manner provided by section 131A.
(4) On an accused person appearing before a court pursuant to the notice, the court is to take cognizance of the offence alleged and is to proceed as though the accused person were produced before it pursuant to section 153 of the Criminal Procedure Code 2010. [15/2010]
(5) If a person, upon whom the notice has been served in the manner provided by section 131A, fails to appear before a court in person or by counsel in accordance therewith, the court may, if satisfied that the notice was duly served, issue a warrant for the arrest of the person unless in the case of an offence which may be compounded that person has before that date been permitted to compound the offence.
(6) Upon a person arrested pursuant to a warrant issued under subsection (5) being produced before it, a court is to proceed as though he or she were produced before it under section 153 of the Criminal Procedure Code 2010. [Act 31 of 2022 wef 01/11/2022]
(7) A notice served under subsection (1) may, at any time before the date specified in the notice, be cancelled by — ( a ) a police officer not below the rank of sergeant specially authorised by a Deputy Commissioner of Police; or ( b ) an employee of the Authority specially authorised in person by the Registrar of Vehicles appointed under section 9(1). [23/2013; 28/2014; 12/2021]
Forms of notices for purposes of section 133
134. Each of the following may design and utilise forms of notices for the purposes of section 133: ( a ) the Deputy Commissioner of Police; ( b ) the Registrar of Vehicles. [28/2014; 12/2021]
Composition of offences
135. —(1) A relevant authorised officer may compound any offence under this Act or the rules that is prescribed as a compoundable offence, by collecting from a person reasonably suspected of having committed the offence a sum not exceeding the lower of the following: ( a ) one half of the amount of the maximum fine that is prescribed for the offence; ( b ) $5,000. [10/2017] (1A) On payment of the composition sum under subsection (1), no further proceedings are to be taken against that person in respect of the offence. [10/2017] (1B) In this section, “relevant authorised officer” means any of the following: ( a ) the Deputy Commissioner of Police designated by the Commissioner of Police for the purposes of this section; ( b ) a police officer not below the rank of sergeant specially authorised for the purposes of this section by the Deputy Commissioner of Police mentioned in paragraph ( a ); [Act 2 of 2025 wef 12/06/2025] ( c ) the Registrar of Vehicles appointed under section 9(1); ( d ) an employee of the Authority specially authorised by name for the purposes of this section in an instrument personally executed by the Registrar of Vehicles mentioned in paragraph ( c ). [10/2017] (2) The appropriate Minister may make rules to prescribe the offences that may be compounded under this section and the conditions subject to which, and the method and procedure by which, the offences may be compounded. (3) All sums collected under this section must be paid into the Consolidated Fund. [25/2020]
—(1) A relevant authorised officer may compound any offence under this Act or the rules that is prescribed as a compoundable offence, by collecting from a person reasonably suspected of having committed the offence a sum not exceeding the lower of the following: ( a ) one half of the amount of the maximum fine that is prescribed for the offence; ( b ) $5,000. [10/2017]
(1A) On payment of the composition sum under subsection (1), no further proceedings are to be taken against that person in respect of the offence. [10/2017]
(1B) In this section, “relevant authorised officer” means any of the following: ( a ) the Deputy Commissioner of Police designated by the Commissioner of Police for the purposes of this section; ( b ) a police officer not below the rank of sergeant specially authorised for the purposes of this section by the Deputy Commissioner of Police mentioned in paragraph ( a ); [Act 2 of 2025 wef 12/06/2025] ( c ) the Registrar of Vehicles appointed under section 9(1); ( d ) an employee of the Authority specially authorised by name for the purposes of this section in an instrument personally executed by the Registrar of Vehicles mentioned in paragraph ( c ). [10/2017]
(2) The appropriate Minister may make rules to prescribe the offences that may be compounded under this section and the conditions subject to which, and the method and procedure by which, the offences may be compounded.
(3) All sums collected under this section must be paid into the Consolidated Fund. [25/2020]
Payment for licences by cheque
136. —(1) The Registrar may, if he or she thinks fit and subject to the provisions of this Act, grant any licence upon receipt of a cheque for the amount of the fee payable thereon. (2) Where a person pays by cheque the whole or any part of any tax or fee for a licence under this Act or any subsidiary legislation made under the Act, and the cheque is not accepted on presentation or is dishonoured — ( a ) the licence is void as from the date when it was granted or renewed, as the case may be; and ( b ) the Registrar must give the person a dishonour notice in a manner allowed under section 131A. [38/2018] (2A) A dishonour notice must — ( a ) contain a statement to the effect that the cheque was dishonoured or not accepted, as the case may be; ( b ) contain a statement to the effect that the relevant licence is void as from the date when it was granted or renewed, as the case may be; and ( c ) if the licence was not issued in electronic form, require the person to deliver up the licence to the Registrar within a period of 7 days after the date that the dishonour notice is given. [38/2018] (3) If the person fails to comply with the request within the period under subsection (2A)( c ), the person shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $1,000. [10/2017; 38/2018] (4) If the licence granted under subsection (1) is in respect of a motor vehicle, the Registrar may on the expiry of the 7 days after the dishonour notice is given, proceed under section 15. [10/2017; 38/2018]
—(1) The Registrar may, if he or she thinks fit and subject to the provisions of this Act, grant any licence upon receipt of a cheque for the amount of the fee payable thereon.
(2) Where a person pays by cheque the whole or any part of any tax or fee for a licence under this Act or any subsidiary legislation made under the Act, and the cheque is not accepted on presentation or is dishonoured — ( a ) the licence is void as from the date when it was granted or renewed, as the case may be; and ( b ) the Registrar must give the person a dishonour notice in a manner allowed under section 131A. [38/2018]
(2A) A dishonour notice must — ( a ) contain a statement to the effect that the cheque was dishonoured or not accepted, as the case may be; ( b ) contain a statement to the effect that the relevant licence is void as from the date when it was granted or renewed, as the case may be; and ( c ) if the licence was not issued in electronic form, require the person to deliver up the licence to the Registrar within a period of 7 days after the date that the dishonour notice is given. [38/2018]
(3) If the person fails to comply with the request within the period under subsection (2A)( c ), the person shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $1,000. [10/2017; 38/2018]
(4) If the licence granted under subsection (1) is in respect of a motor vehicle, the Registrar may on the expiry of the 7 days after the dishonour notice is given, proceed under section 15. [10/2017; 38/2018]
Moneys received under this Act
137. Except as otherwise provided in the Land Transport Authority of Singapore Act 1995, all moneys received by the Deputy Commissioner of Police and by the Registrar under this Act must be paid into the Consolidated Fund.
Registrar and Deputy Commissioner of Police to be informed of convictions
138. When during any proceedings leading to the conviction of any person for any criminal offence it comes to the knowledge of the court recording the conviction that the person (whether or not that person is in possession of any licence issued under this Act) is or has been or has acted as the owner, driver or conductor of a public service vehicle, the court is to, if in its opinion the fact of the conviction affects the suitability or otherwise of the person convicted to hold or receive a licence under this Act, immediately send particulars of the conviction and of any sentence passed thereon to the Registrar and the Deputy Commissioner of Police.
Provisions as to evidence
139. —(1) An extract of the records maintained under rules made under section 34(1) certified under the hand of the Registrar, or a licence issued by the Registrar in respect of any vehicle is prima facie evidence of the registration of the vehicle or of the fact that the vehicle was licensed for the period specified in the licence, as the case may be. [4/2006] (2) When in any proceedings for an offence under this Act and the rules it is necessary to prove — ( a ) that a vehicle was, or was not, registered in the name of any person; ( b ) that any person was, or was not, the registered owner of a vehicle; or ( c ) that any person was, or was not, the holder of a licence granted under this Act, a certificate purporting to be signed by the Registrar or the Deputy Commissioner of Police (as the case may be) and certifying the matters aforesaid is admissible as evidence, and constitutes prima facie proof of the facts certified in the certificate, without proof of the signature of the Registrar or the Deputy Commissioner of Police (as the case may be), to the certificate. [10/2017] (3) When in any proceedings for an offence under this Act or the rules any question arises as to whether a vehicle does, or does not, comply with any of the provisions of this Act or the rules relating to the construction, equipment or conditions of use of the vehicle, or to any identification mark or sign carried by or fixed on it or the seal of that mark or sign, or to any marking on it, a certificate from an officer of the Registrar’s office that he or she has examined the vehicle and the result of the examination is admissible in evidence, and is sufficient prima facie evidence of any fact or opinion stated therein relating to the construction, equipment or conditions of use of the vehicle, or to any identification mark or sign carried by or fixed on it or the seal of that mark or sign, or to any marking on it. [4/2006; 10/2017] (4) The officer may not be called for cross-examination on the certificate unless contrary evidence is given which appears to the court to be credible, or unless for any reason the court considers cross-examination to be necessary or desirable in the interests of justice. (5) In any case in which the prosecution intends to give in evidence any such certificate, there must be delivered to the defendant a copy thereof at least 10 clear days before the start of the trial. (6) When in any proceedings it is necessary to prove the weight unladen or laden of any vehicle, or the weight of any load carried on any vehicle, a certificate purporting to be signed by any public officer in charge of the weighbridge or weighing machine on which such vehicle or load was weighed, and certifying the weight of the vehicle or load and that the weighbridge or weighing machine had been examined within the previous 12 months and found to be accurate, is to be accepted by any court as prima facie proof of the facts certified in the certificate. (7) When in any proceedings before any court it is necessary to prove that any police officer, public officer or the Registrar or the Deputy Commissioner of Police (as the case may be) has sent or served, or has received or has not received, any badge, document, licence, notice, plate or other thing, a certificate purporting to be signed by the police officer, public officer or the Registrar or the Deputy Commissioner of Police (as the case may be) and certifying the sending, service, reception or non-reception (as the case may be) of the badge, document, licence, notice, plate or thing, is admissible as evidence, and constitutes prima facie proof of the facts certified in the certificate, without proof of the signature of that certificate. (8) Where in any proceedings for an offence under this Act or the rules relating to the maximum speed at which motor vehicles may be driven it is necessary to prove the speed at which the vehicle has been driven, a certificate, purporting to be signed by a police officer not below the rank of inspector who was in charge of the apparatus, instrument or appliance used to measure, at a distance from such vehicle, the speed at which the vehicle was driven and certifying that the apparatus, instrument or appliance had been examined within the previous 3 months and found to be accurate, is to be accepted by any court as prima facie proof of the facts certified in the certificate. [10/2017]
—(1) An extract of the records maintained under rules made under section 34(1) certified under the hand of the Registrar, or a licence issued by the Registrar in respect of any vehicle is prima facie evidence of the registration of the vehicle or of the fact that the vehicle was licensed for the period specified in the licence, as the case may be. [4/2006]
(2) When in any proceedings for an offence under this Act and the rules it is necessary to prove — ( a ) that a vehicle was, or was not, registered in the name of any person; ( b ) that any person was, or was not, the registered owner of a vehicle; or ( c ) that any person was, or was not, the holder of a licence granted under this Act, a certificate purporting to be signed by the Registrar or the Deputy Commissioner of Police (as the case may be) and certifying the matters aforesaid is admissible as evidence, and constitutes prima facie proof of the facts certified in the certificate, without proof of the signature of the Registrar or the Deputy Commissioner of Police (as the case may be), to the certificate. [10/2017]
(3) When in any proceedings for an offence under this Act or the rules any question arises as to whether a vehicle does, or does not, comply with any of the provisions of this Act or the rules relating to the construction, equipment or conditions of use of the vehicle, or to any identification mark or sign carried by or fixed on it or the seal of that mark or sign, or to any marking on it, a certificate from an officer of the Registrar’s office that he or she has examined the vehicle and the result of the examination is admissible in evidence, and is sufficient prima facie evidence of any fact or opinion stated therein relating to the construction, equipment or conditions of use of the vehicle, or to any identification mark or sign carried by or fixed on it or the seal of that mark or sign, or to any marking on it. [4/2006; 10/2017]
(4) The officer may not be called for cross-examination on the certificate unless contrary evidence is given which appears to the court to be credible, or unless for any reason the court considers cross-examination to be necessary or desirable in the interests of justice.
(5) In any case in which the prosecution intends to give in evidence any such certificate, there must be delivered to the defendant a copy thereof at least 10 clear days before the start of the trial.
(6) When in any proceedings it is necessary to prove the weight unladen or laden of any vehicle, or the weight of any load carried on any vehicle, a certificate purporting to be signed by any public officer in charge of the weighbridge or weighing machine on which such vehicle or load was weighed, and certifying the weight of the vehicle or load and that the weighbridge or weighing machine had been examined within the previous 12 months and found to be accurate, is to be accepted by any court as prima facie proof of the facts certified in the certificate.
(7) When in any proceedings before any court it is necessary to prove that any police officer, public officer or the Registrar or the Deputy Commissioner of Police (as the case may be) has sent or served, or has received or has not received, any badge, document, licence, notice, plate or other thing, a certificate purporting to be signed by the police officer, public officer or the Registrar or the Deputy Commissioner of Police (as the case may be) and certifying the sending, service, reception or non-reception (as the case may be) of the badge, document, licence, notice, plate or thing, is admissible as evidence, and constitutes prima facie proof of the facts certified in the certificate, without proof of the signature of that certificate.
(8) Where in any proceedings for an offence under this Act or the rules relating to the maximum speed at which motor vehicles may be driven it is necessary to prove the speed at which the vehicle has been driven, a certificate, purporting to be signed by a police officer not below the rank of inspector who was in charge of the apparatus, instrument or appliance used to measure, at a distance from such vehicle, the speed at which the vehicle was driven and certifying that the apparatus, instrument or appliance had been examined within the previous 3 months and found to be accurate, is to be accepted by any court as prima facie proof of the facts certified in the certificate. [10/2017]
Authentication of documents
139A. Where any notice, order or other document required or authorised by this Act or the rules to be served on any person requires authentication, the signature of the Deputy Commissioner of Police, the Registrar, a police officer or an employee of the Authority or an official facsimile of such signature appended to the notice, order or document is sufficient authentication. [10/2017]
Court may take into account compounded offences for purposes of sentencing
139AA. For the purpose of determining the appropriate sentence for an offence committed by a person under this Act, a court may take into account, as an aggravating factor, any offence that has been compounded (on or after 1 November 2019) under this Act before the date of the sentencing. [19/2019; 12/2021]
General provisions as to rules
140. —(1) The appropriate Minister may make rules — ( a ) for prescribing the language and script in which any traffic sign, notice, record, application, return or other documents must be written; ( b ) for any purpose for which rules may be made under this Act; ( c ) for prescribing anything that may be prescribed under this Act; ( d ) generally for the purpose of carrying this Act into effect; and ( e ) for prescribing penalties (not exceeding those provided by section 131) for any breach or failure to comply with any such rules. (2) Without limiting subsection (1), the appropriate Minister may make rules with respect to any of the following matters or for any of the following purposes: ( a ) regulating the relative position in the roadway of traffic of differing speeds or types; ( b ) prescribing the conditions subject to which and the times at which, articles of exceptionally heavy weight or exceptionally large dimensions may be carried along roads; ( c ) regulating the loads which may be carried on vehicles and prescribing the manner in which vehicles on or passing along a road must be loaded and the precautions to be taken for ensuring the safety of the public in connection therewith; ( d ) prescribing the conditions subject to which, and the times at which, articles may be loaded on to or unloaded from vehicles or vehicles of any particular class or description, while on a road; ( e ) prescribing the precedence to be observed as between traffic proceeding in the same direction, or in opposite directions, or when crossing; ( f ) prescribing the conditions subject to which, and the times at which, horses, cattle, sheep and other animals may be led or driven on or along a road; ( g ) prescribing the conditions subject to which vehicles, or vehicles of any particular class or description, may be left unattended on a road; ( h ) prohibiting animals from being left unattended or not under due control on a road; ( i ) restricting the use of vehicles and animals, of sandwichmen and other persons on roads for the purposes of advertisement of such a nature or in such a manner as to be likely to be a source of danger or to cause obstruction to traffic; ( j ) restricting and regulating the use on roads of vehicles engaged in the erection, placing, removal, alteration or repair of lamps, overhead cables or road or street works; ( k ) restricting or prohibiting the washing of vehicles and animals on any road; ( l ) prescribing the lights to be carried on vehicles other than motor vehicles, or on any particular class or description of such vehicles, including the nature of the lights, the position in which they must be fixed and the period during which they must be lighted; ( m ) prescribing and restricting the number and kind of brakes, bells, horns or other warning instruments to be fitted to vehicles of any particular kind or description; ( n ) prescribing the number of persons who may be carried upon pedal bicycles or pedal tricycles while on any road; ( o ) prescribing the general behaviour of traffic on roads; ( p ) prescribing the fees, costs and charges that may be imposed for the purposes of this Act, where no provision has already been made therefor in any of the foregoing provisions. [24/2010]
—(1) The appropriate Minister may make rules — ( a ) for prescribing the language and script in which any traffic sign, notice, record, application, return or other documents must be written; ( b ) for any purpose for which rules may be made under this Act; ( c ) for prescribing anything that may be prescribed under this Act; ( d ) generally for the purpose of carrying this Act into effect; and ( e ) for prescribing penalties (not exceeding those provided by section 131) for any breach or failure to comply with any such rules.
(2) Without limiting subsection (1), the appropriate Minister may make rules with respect to any of the following matters or for any of the following purposes: ( a ) regulating the relative position in the roadway of traffic of differing speeds or types; ( b ) prescribing the conditions subject to which and the times at which, articles of exceptionally heavy weight or exceptionally large dimensions may be carried along roads; ( c ) regulating the loads which may be carried on vehicles and prescribing the manner in which vehicles on or passing along a road must be loaded and the precautions to be taken for ensuring the safety of the public in connection therewith; ( d ) prescribing the conditions subject to which, and the times at which, articles may be loaded on to or unloaded from vehicles or vehicles of any particular class or description, while on a road; ( e ) prescribing the precedence to be observed as between traffic proceeding in the same direction, or in opposite directions, or when crossing; ( f ) prescribing the conditions subject to which, and the times at which, horses, cattle, sheep and other animals may be led or driven on or along a road; ( g ) prescribing the conditions subject to which vehicles, or vehicles of any particular class or description, may be left unattended on a road; ( h ) prohibiting animals from being left unattended or not under due control on a road; ( i ) restricting the use of vehicles and animals, of sandwichmen and other persons on roads for the purposes of advertisement of such a nature or in such a manner as to be likely to be a source of danger or to cause obstruction to traffic; ( j ) restricting and regulating the use on roads of vehicles engaged in the erection, placing, removal, alteration or repair of lamps, overhead cables or road or street works; ( k ) restricting or prohibiting the washing of vehicles and animals on any road; ( l ) prescribing the lights to be carried on vehicles other than motor vehicles, or on any particular class or description of such vehicles, including the nature of the lights, the position in which they must be fixed and the period during which they must be lighted; ( m ) prescribing and restricting the number and kind of brakes, bells, horns or other warning instruments to be fitted to vehicles of any particular kind or description; ( n ) prescribing the number of persons who may be carried upon pedal bicycles or pedal tricycles while on any road; ( o ) prescribing the general behaviour of traffic on roads; ( p ) prescribing the fees, costs and charges that may be imposed for the purposes of this Act, where no provision has already been made therefor in any of the foregoing provisions. [24/2010]
Rules to be presented to Parliament
141. —(1) All rules made under this Act must be presented to Parliament as soon as possible after publication in the Gazette . (2) If a resolution is passed pursuant to a motion notice of which has been given for a sitting day not later than the first available sitting day of Parliament next after the expiry of one month from the date when the rules are so presented annulling the rules or any part of the rules as from a specified date, the rules or any part of the rules (as the case may be) thereupon become void as from that date but without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done thereunder or to the making of new rules.
—(1) All rules made under this Act must be presented to Parliament as soon as possible after publication in the Gazette .
(2) If a resolution is passed pursuant to a motion notice of which has been given for a sitting day not later than the first available sitting day of Parliament next after the expiry of one month from the date when the rules are so presented annulling the rules or any part of the rules as from a specified date, the rules or any part of the rules (as the case may be) thereupon become void as from that date but without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done thereunder or to the making of new rules.
Power to exempt
142. The appropriate Minister may, by order and either generally or for any period delimited in the order and subject to any conditions that may in the order be stated, exempt from any provision of this Act or the rules any person or class or description of persons or any vehicle or class or description of vehicles. [10/2017]
Designation of Minister of State and Parliamentary Secretary to hear appeals
142A. —(1) Where pursuant to any provision of this Act an appeal may be made to the Minister, the appropriate Minister may designate the following persons to hear and determine the appeal in the Minister’s place: ( a ) any Minister of State for his or her Ministry; ( b ) any Parliamentary Secretary to his or her Ministry. [24/2010] (2) In this section, the references to a Minister of State and a Parliamentary Secretary include, respectively, references to a Senior Minister of State and a Senior Parliamentary Secretary. [24/2010]
—(1) Where pursuant to any provision of this Act an appeal may be made to the Minister, the appropriate Minister may designate the following persons to hear and determine the appeal in the Minister’s place: ( a ) any Minister of State for his or her Ministry; ( b ) any Parliamentary Secretary to his or her Ministry. [24/2010]
(2) In this section, the references to a Minister of State and a Parliamentary Secretary include, respectively, references to a Senior Minister of State and a Senior Parliamentary Secretary. [24/2010]
Authorisation of security officers to regulate traffic
142B. —(1) The Deputy Commissioner of Police or the Authority may, for the purpose of assisting the Deputy Commissioner of Police or the Authority in the regulation of traffic under any provision of this Act, authorise, subject to any restrictions that the Deputy Commissioner of Police or the Authority may impose, any number of security officers that the Deputy Commissioner of Police or the Authority thinks necessary to regulate traffic under that provision. [24/2010] (2) Every security officer who is authorised to regulate traffic pursuant to subsection (1) must, when in uniform and while carrying out his or her duties in regulating traffic under any provision of this Act, comply with any directions that the Deputy Commissioner of Police or the Authority (as the case may be) may give. [24/2010]
—(1) The Deputy Commissioner of Police or the Authority may, for the purpose of assisting the Deputy Commissioner of Police or the Authority in the regulation of traffic under any provision of this Act, authorise, subject to any restrictions that the Deputy Commissioner of Police or the Authority may impose, any number of security officers that the Deputy Commissioner of Police or the Authority thinks necessary to regulate traffic under that provision. [24/2010]
(2) Every security officer who is authorised to regulate traffic pursuant to subsection (1) must, when in uniform and while carrying out his or her duties in regulating traffic under any provision of this Act, comply with any directions that the Deputy Commissioner of Police or the Authority (as the case may be) may give. [24/2010]
Regulation of traffic in connection with events, etc.
143. —(1) Except as otherwise provided by rules made under subsection (11), a person must not conduct any event on any road or part thereof unless the person has obtained a permit from the Deputy Commissioner of Police under this section authorising the person to use that road or part thereof for the conduct of the event. [24/2010] (2) The Deputy Commissioner of Police may, on his or her own motion, or upon granting a permit mentioned in subsection (1), issue police orders to — ( a ) close any road or part thereof to traffic to such extent, for such period and subject to such conditions as may be specified in the order; and ( b ) prescribe — (i) the routes, entrances and exits by which vehicles or pedestrians are to approach or leave the venue of an event or any place of assembly or public resort; (ii) where and the order in which vehicles are to park at or around the venue of an event or any place of assembly or public resort; (iii) one or more parking places upon any land at or around any venue, place of assembly or public resort that is in private ownership, if the owner or occupier of the land consents; and (iv) any other matters that may be necessary or incidental to the closure of any road or part thereof under paragraph ( a ). [24/2010] (3) An application for a permit mentioned in subsection (1) must — ( a ) be made to the Deputy Commissioner of Police in such form or manner, and not less than such period before the date of the event, as the Deputy Commissioner of Police may require; and ( b ) be accompanied by such fee (if any) as the Minister may prescribe. [24/2010] (4) Upon receiving an application under subsection (3), the Deputy Commissioner of Police may, after consulting the Authority — ( a ) grant the permit applied for — (i) in the form and manner that the Deputy Commissioner of Police may determine; and (ii) subject to any conditions that the Deputy Commissioner of Police and the Authority may each think fit to impose; or ( b ) refuse to grant the permit. [24/2010] (5) The conditions which may be imposed under subsection (4)( a )(ii) include conditions requiring the person to whom the permit is granted, at the person’s own expense — ( a ) to publish, in such form and manner and for such period as the Deputy Commissioner of Police may require, a notice informing the general public or such persons as the Deputy Commissioner of Police thinks fit of — (i) the closure of any road or part thereof under subsection (2); and (ii) the alternative route or routes (if any) that are available for vehicles or pedestrians; ( b ) to post conspicuously at any part of any road, and for such period as the Deputy Commissioner of Police may require, such notices and signs as the Deputy Commissioner of Police may specify to inform motorists and pedestrians of — (i) the closure of any road or part thereof under subsection (2); and (ii) the alternative route or routes (if any) that are available for vehicles or pedestrians; ( c ) to place such signs, barriers and barricades at such places and for such period as the Deputy Commissioner of Police may require; and ( d ) to engage a sufficient number of auxiliary police officers or security officers to regulate traffic on any road or at or around the venue of the event to which the permit relates in accordance with any directions that the Deputy Commissioner of Police may give. [24/2010] (6) Without affecting subsection (5), the Deputy Commissioner of Police may take any measures that he or she thinks fit to implement any police order issued under subsection (2) and may deploy police officers, auxiliary police officers and security officers to regulate traffic on any road or at or around any venue affected by the police order. [24/2010] (7) Any person who contravenes subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence. [24/2010] (8) If the person to whom a permit is granted under this section fails to comply with any condition imposed by the Deputy Commissioner of Police or the Authority (as the case may be) under subsection (4)( a )(ii), that person shall be guilty of an offence, and the Deputy Commissioner of Police may revoke the permit granted to that person. [24/2010] (9) If any person neglects or refuses to stop a vehicle or to make it proceed in or keep to a particular line of traffic or neglects or refuses himself or herself to proceed in or keep to a particular line of traffic when directed to do so by a police officer, an auxiliary police officer or a security officer, who is in uniform and who is engaged or deployed to regulate traffic for the purpose of this section, that person shall be guilty of an offence. [24/2010] (10) Police orders issued under this section must be published in the Gazette and may be published in any other manner that the Deputy Commissioner of Police thinks fit. [24/2010] (11) The Minister may make rules to prescribe the types of event to which subsection (1) does not apply and to make provisions subject to which any road or part thereof may be used for the conduct of any such event. [24/2010] (12) In this section, “event” means — ( a ) any sporting event (such as a marathon, a walkathon, a triathlon or a cycling rally); or ( b ) any procession, parade, celebration, ceremony, gathering, activity or event, that is to be conducted mainly or partly on a road or any part thereof, and includes a competition or trial of speed involving the use of vehicles mentioned in section 116. [24/2010]
—(1) Except as otherwise provided by rules made under subsection (11), a person must not conduct any event on any road or part thereof unless the person has obtained a permit from the Deputy Commissioner of Police under this section authorising the person to use that road or part thereof for the conduct of the event. [24/2010]
(2) The Deputy Commissioner of Police may, on his or her own motion, or upon granting a permit mentioned in subsection (1), issue police orders to — ( a ) close any road or part thereof to traffic to such extent, for such period and subject to such conditions as may be specified in the order; and ( b ) prescribe — (i) the routes, entrances and exits by which vehicles or pedestrians are to approach or leave the venue of an event or any place of assembly or public resort; (ii) where and the order in which vehicles are to park at or around the venue of an event or any place of assembly or public resort; (iii) one or more parking places upon any land at or around any venue, place of assembly or public resort that is in private ownership, if the owner or occupier of the land consents; and (iv) any other matters that may be necessary or incidental to the closure of any road or part thereof under paragraph ( a ). [24/2010]
(3) An application for a permit mentioned in subsection (1) must — ( a ) be made to the Deputy Commissioner of Police in such form or manner, and not less than such period before the date of the event, as the Deputy Commissioner of Police may require; and ( b ) be accompanied by such fee (if any) as the Minister may prescribe. [24/2010]
(4) Upon receiving an application under subsection (3), the Deputy Commissioner of Police may, after consulting the Authority — ( a ) grant the permit applied for — (i) in the form and manner that the Deputy Commissioner of Police may determine; and (ii) subject to any conditions that the Deputy Commissioner of Police and the Authority may each think fit to impose; or ( b ) refuse to grant the permit. [24/2010]
(5) The conditions which may be imposed under subsection (4)( a )(ii) include conditions requiring the person to whom the permit is granted, at the person’s own expense — ( a ) to publish, in such form and manner and for such period as the Deputy Commissioner of Police may require, a notice informing the general public or such persons as the Deputy Commissioner of Police thinks fit of — (i) the closure of any road or part thereof under subsection (2); and (ii) the alternative route or routes (if any) that are available for vehicles or pedestrians; ( b ) to post conspicuously at any part of any road, and for such period as the Deputy Commissioner of Police may require, such notices and signs as the Deputy Commissioner of Police may specify to inform motorists and pedestrians of — (i) the closure of any road or part thereof under subsection (2); and (ii) the alternative route or routes (if any) that are available for vehicles or pedestrians; ( c ) to place such signs, barriers and barricades at such places and for such period as the Deputy Commissioner of Police may require; and ( d ) to engage a sufficient number of auxiliary police officers or security officers to regulate traffic on any road or at or around the venue of the event to which the permit relates in accordance with any directions that the Deputy Commissioner of Police may give. [24/2010]
(6) Without affecting subsection (5), the Deputy Commissioner of Police may take any measures that he or she thinks fit to implement any police order issued under subsection (2) and may deploy police officers, auxiliary police officers and security officers to regulate traffic on any road or at or around any venue affected by the police order. [24/2010]
(7) Any person who contravenes subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence. [24/2010]
(8) If the person to whom a permit is granted under this section fails to comply with any condition imposed by the Deputy Commissioner of Police or the Authority (as the case may be) under subsection (4)( a )(ii), that person shall be guilty of an offence, and the Deputy Commissioner of Police may revoke the permit granted to that person. [24/2010]
(9) If any person neglects or refuses to stop a vehicle or to make it proceed in or keep to a particular line of traffic or neglects or refuses himself or herself to proceed in or keep to a particular line of traffic when directed to do so by a police officer, an auxiliary police officer or a security officer, who is in uniform and who is engaged or deployed to regulate traffic for the purpose of this section, that person shall be guilty of an offence. [24/2010]
(10) Police orders issued under this section must be published in the Gazette and may be published in any other manner that the Deputy Commissioner of Police thinks fit. [24/2010]
(11) The Minister may make rules to prescribe the types of event to which subsection (1) does not apply and to make provisions subject to which any road or part thereof may be used for the conduct of any such event. [24/2010]
(12) In this section, “event” means — ( a ) any sporting event (such as a marathon, a walkathon, a triathlon or a cycling rally); or ( b ) any procession, parade, celebration, ceremony, gathering, activity or event, that is to be conducted mainly or partly on a road or any part thereof, and includes a competition or trial of speed involving the use of vehicles mentioned in section 116. [24/2010]
Property left in public service vehicles
144. —(1) Every driver or conductor of a public service vehicle must immediately deposit at a place prescribed by the Authority all money or other property left in any public service vehicle of which he or she is in charge and not claimed by the owner thereof. [4/2006] (2) Any driver or conductor who neglects or omits to so deposit all money or other property shall be guilty of an offence. (3) The Authority may make rules — ( a ) to prescribe one or more places for the purposes of subsection (1); and ( b ) for the disposal of money or other property deposited under subsection (1). [4/2006]
—(1) Every driver or conductor of a public service vehicle must immediately deposit at a place prescribed by the Authority all money or other property left in any public service vehicle of which he or she is in charge and not claimed by the owner thereof. [4/2006]
(2) Any driver or conductor who neglects or omits to so deposit all money or other property shall be guilty of an offence.
(3) The Authority may make rules — ( a ) to prescribe one or more places for the purposes of subsection (1); and ( b ) for the disposal of money or other property deposited under subsection (1). [4/2006]
Protection from personal liability
145. No liability shall lie against any member, officer or employee of the Authority or any other person acting under the direction of the Authority for anything done or intended to be done with reasonable care and in good faith in the execution or purported execution of this Act. [38/2018]
Source: Singapore Statutes Online (Attorney-General's Chambers), © Government of Singapore.
