Singapore legislation
Section 5
Section 5
Duty to furnish particulars of person in control of road vehicle
(1)
When it is alleged or suspected that a road vehicle has been used in the commission of a scheduled offence or that any scheduled offence has been committed in respect of any road vehicle or any article found in any road vehicle or on any person found in any road vehicle, or that a road vehicle has been used to convey persons to the scene where a scheduled offence has been committed, or that a road vehicle has been used for the escape or to facilitate the escape of any person from the scene of a scheduled offence —
the owner of the road vehicle must give any information that may be required by any police officer as to the identity and the address, driving licence number and identity card number of the person who was in control of or driving the road vehicle on any specified occasion; and
any other person who was or should have been in control of that road vehicle must if required as aforesaid give any information which is in that person’s power to give and which may lead to the identification of the driver.
(2)
When a special authorisation under the Public Order and Safety (Special Powers) Act 2018 has effect and it is reasonably suspected by a police officer that a road vehicle, or a person in, on or near the vehicle, is the target of the special authorisation or that any dangerous article, offensive weapon or subversive document (within the meaning of that Act) may be found in any road vehicle or on any person found in, on or near the vehicle —
the owner of the road vehicle must give any information required by the police officer as to the identity and the address, driving licence number and identity card number of the person who was in control of or driving the road vehicle on any specified occasion; and
any other person who was or should have been in control of that road vehicle must, if required by the police officer, give any information which is in the person’s power to give and which may lead to the identification of the driver.
(3)
No person shall be held to be guilty of a contravention of subsection (1) or (2) if the person satisfies the court —
that the person did not know and could not with reasonable diligence have ascertained the information required; or
that owing to circumstances over which the person had no control, it was impossible for the person to give, before the date on which the person was charged with such contravention, the information required of the person.
(4)
Notwithstanding anything in any other written law, any information given under this section by any person charged with any offence under this Act or with any scheduled offence may be used in evidence at the hearing of the charge.