s 50 Power to seize vehicles, competency test certificates or certificates of medical need
50.—(1) Where an authorised officer, an outsourced enforcement officer or a public path warden has reason to believe that a vehicle is a vehicle in connection with which an offence under Part 3, 3A, 3B or 4 has been or is being committed, the authorised officer, outsourced enforcement officer or public path warden may —(a) seize the vehicle and take it to a holding yard; or (b) require the owner, driver, rider, user or person in charge of the vehicle to take the vehicle to and surrender it at a specified holding yard.[38/2018; 9/2020] [Act 5 of 2026 wef 04/05/2026] (2) The power conferred on an authorised officer, an outsourced enforcement officer or a public path warden under subsection (1)(a) may be exercised whether or not the owner, driver, rider, user or person in charge of the vehicle is present at the time of its seizure.[38/2018] [Act 5 of 2026 wef 04/05/2026] (3) When a vehicle is seized under this section by an authorised officer, an outsourced enforcement officer or a public path warden, the authorised officer, outsourced enforcement officer or public path warden concerned must as soon as practicable give notice of the seizure and the grounds of doing so to the owner of the vehicle, if known, except that the notice is not required to be given where the seizure is made in the presence of the owner or the owner’s agent.[38/2018] (4) Any person who, without reasonable excuse, refuses or neglects to comply with any requirement under subsection (1)(b) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $1,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 months. (5) An authorised officer, an outsourced enforcement officer or a public path warden may, with no other authority than this section, seize a competency test certificate or certificate of medical need or an article resembling a competency test certificate or certificate of medical need if —(a) the competency test certificate or certificate of medical need or article is produced to the authorised officer, outsourced enforcement officer or public path warden pursuant to an order under section 47(1)(b) or otherwise, by an individual who represents it as a competency test certificate or certificate of medical need granted to that individual; and[Act 5 of 2026 wef 01/06/2026] (b) the authorised officer, outsourced enforcement officer or public path warden has reason to believe that —(i) the competency test certificate or certificate of medical need is unlawfully in the possession of that individual who produced it; or[Act 5 of 2026 wef 01/06/2026] (ii) the competency test certificate or certificate of medical need or article is evidence of the commission of an offence under section 23H, 23L or 47(6).[9/2020] [Act 5 of 2026 wef 01/06/2026] (6) Every competency test certificate or certificate of medical need seized under subsection (5) must be forwarded to the Authority, and the Authority may —(a) return the competency test certificate or certificate of medical need to the individual who produced it, if the Authority is satisfied that the competency test certificate or certificate of medical need was lawfully in the possession of the individual who produced it; or[Act 5 of 2026 wef 01/06/2026] (b) in any other case, deal with it in such manner as the Authority thinks fit.[9/2020] [Act 5 of 2026 wef 01/06/2026] (7) However, the authority conferred by subsection (5) to seize a competency test certificate or certificate of medical need or any article resembling a competency test certificate or certificate of medical need does not extend to a mobile communication device or other electronic device on which a digital competency test certificate or certificate of medical need is displayed.[9/2020] [Act 5 of 2026 wef 01/06/2026]