Singapore legislation
Section 4
Section 4
Power of school crossing patrols to stop traffic
(1)
When between the hours of 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. a vehicle is approaching a place in a road where children on their way to or from school are crossing or seeking to cross the road, a school crossing patrol shall, subject to subsection (4), have power, by exhibiting a prescribed sign, to require the person driving or propelling the vehicle to stop it.
(2)
When a person has been required under subsection (1) to stop a vehicle —
he shall cause the vehicle to stop before reaching the place where the children are crossing or seeking to cross so as not to stop or impede their crossing; and
the vehicle shall not be put in motion again so as to reach the place in question so long as the sign continues to be exhibited.
(3)
Any person who fails to comply with subsection (2)(a), or who causes a vehicle to be put in motion in contravention of subsection (2)(b), shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction in the case of a first offence to a fine not exceeding $200 and, in the case of a second or subsequent offence, to a fine not exceeding $500 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 months.
(4)
The power conferred on a school crossing patrol by subsection (1) shall be exercisable only if the patrol is wearing a uniform conforming to a type prescribed by the Minister.
(5)
The power conferred by section 42(1) of the Road Traffic Act 1961 on a court before which a person is convicted of any criminal offence in connection with the driving of a motor vehicle to order him to be disqualified from holding or obtaining a licence to drive a motor vehicle shall not be exercisable by virtue of the conviction of a person of an offence under subsection (3) if it is his first or second conviction of an offence thereunder.
(6)
For the purposes of this section —
when it is proved that a sign was exhibited by a school crossing patrol, it shall be presumed to have been of a size, colour and type prescribed, or of a description authorised, as aforesaid, and if it was exhibited in circumstances in which it was required by the rules to be illuminated, to have been illuminated in the prescribed manner, unless the contrary is proved; and
where it is proved that a school crossing patrol was wearing uniform, the uniform shall be presumed, unless the contrary is proved, to have been a uniform conforming to a type prescribed by the Minister.