Singapore legislation

Section 11A

of Road Traffic Act 1961

Section 11A

Restricted licences and supplementary licences

(1)

The Registrar may, upon application by the owner of a motor vehicle in such circumstances as may be prescribed, issue a licence subject to the restriction that the motor vehicle must not be driven on any road or on any specified road during specified days or times unless there is in force a supplementary licence for that motor vehicle.

(2)

The Minister may make rules for carrying out or giving effect to this section and, in particular, those rules may —

(a)

provide for the issue of supplementary licences, whether at prescribed fees or without charge, and regulate their use and exhibition; and

(b)

provide for all matters necessary or incidental to allow subsection (1) to apply or cease to apply to motor vehicles of any description, including the re-registration of the vehicles and the imposition of any fee or levy in connection with the re-registration.

(3)

Any person who drives a motor vehicle, issued with a licence subject to the restriction mentioned in subsection (1), in contravention of the restriction or any owner of such a motor vehicle who causes or permits the vehicle to be so driven shall be guilty of an offence and shall on conviction be punished with —

(a)

a fine not exceeding $5,000; and

(b)

in the case of a second or subsequent conviction, a fine not exceeding $10,000.

(4)

Any person who —

(a)

falsifies an identification mark or plate prescribed in the case of a motor vehicle issued with a licence subject to the restriction mentioned in subsection (1); or

(b)

displays, or causes or permits to be displayed, a falsified identification mark or plate on the motor vehicle,shall be guilty of an offence and shall on conviction be punished with a fine not exceeding $20,000 or with imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or with both.

(5)

Despite the provisions of any written law to the contrary, a District Court or Magistrate’s Court has the jurisdiction to try any offence under this section and to impose the maximum penalty prescribed therefor.

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