Singapore legislation
Section 25
Section 25
Visitors’ vehicles
(1)
Rules made under this Part may modify the provisions of this Part in the case of motor vehicles brought temporarily by persons resident outside Singapore and intending to make only a temporary stay in Singapore.
(2)
The rules may —
provide for the issue of a permit, in respect of a vehicle not registered under this Act that is brought into Singapore from any place outside Singapore (called in this section and section 34D a foreign vehicle), authorising the keeping and use in Singapore of the vehicle for any period that the Registrar may determine;
prescribe the manner of application for the permit;
prescribe the fees and charges payable for the issue of the permit in accordance with any rates that may be approved by the Minister;
prescribe the conditions for the issue of the permit;
provide for the extension of the period of validity of the permit;
provide for the cancellation of the permit;
provide for the permit to be stored in any electronic form that the Authority may determine;
regulate the use of the permit;
[Deleted by Act 1 of 2006](j)provide for the levy of a tax for the keeping or use of a foreign vehicle in Singapore in accordance with any rates that may be prescribed by the Minister;
prescribe the manner in which any fee or tax payable under the rules is to be levied and collected, including the use of electronic or computerised or other facilities, and the use by the foreign vehicle concerned of specified points of exit from Singapore, for that purpose;
prescribe the records to be kept by the Registrar in connection with the rules; and
empower the Registrar and any officer authorised by him or her to prohibit the entry by driving into, or exit by driving from, Singapore of any vehicle —
if any charge, fee or tax payable in respect of the vehicle under this Act or any of its subsidiary legislation is in arrears;
if any charge or fee payable in respect of the vehicle under the Parking Places Act 1974 or any of its subsidiary legislation is in arrears; or
which the Registrar or officer so authorised reasonably believes has been used in the commission of an offence under this Act or the Parking Places Act 1974 or any subsidiary legislation made under either Act, or under the Environmental Protection and Management (Vehicular Emissions) Regulations.
(3)
Any rates prescribed by the rules may be made to apply only to vehicles of a specified class, category or description, and the Minister may prescribe different rates for vehicles of different classes, categories or descriptions or for vehicles used for different purposes.
(4)
Where a person is convicted of an offence under any of the rules, the court before which the person is convicted may, in addition to the punishment prescribed for the offence, order the person to pay the amount of any charges, fees or taxes mentioned in subsection (2)(m) that may be certified by an officer appointed by the Authority to be due and payable by the person at the date of the person’s conviction, and the amount may be recovered according to the law for the time being in force for the recovery of fines.
(5)
For the purposes of this section, reference to a person resident outside Singapore does not include a reference to a citizen of Singapore or a person who holds a valid entry permit or re-entry permit issued by the Controller of Immigration under the Immigration Act 1959.