Singapore legislation
Section 35A
Section 35A
Power of Deputy Commissioner of Police to revoke driving licence
(1)
The Deputy Commissioner of Police may revoke a driving licence if —
within a period of 12 months from the date of the grant of the licence, the record of the holder of the licence (as kept by the Deputy Commissioner of Police for the purposes of this section) as a driver of motor vehicles establishes that it would not be in the interests of public safety for him or her to continue to hold the licence, or that he or she is not competent to drive a motor vehicle;
the holder of the licence —
had, at any time before being granted that licence, committed an offence while driving a motor vehicle of a class or description which he or she was authorised to drive by virtue of another driving licence held by him or her at the time; and
after being granted the firstmentioned licence, is dealt with by the court or the Deputy Commissioner of Police for the offence mentioned in sub‑paragraph (i) in any manner that would, by virtue of any rules relating to the prescribed test of competence leading to the grant of the firstmentioned licence, have caused the holder of the licence to be disallowed from taking that test had he or she been so dealt with for that offence before he or she took that test; or
the Deputy Commissioner of Police becomes aware of a circumstance that would have required or permitted the Deputy Commissioner of Police to refuse to grant a driving licence to any person, had he or she been aware of the circumstance immediately before granting the driving licence.
(2)
For the purpose of establishing that it would not be in the interests of public safety for a person to hold a valid driving licence or that such person is not competent to drive a motor vehicle, the Minister may make rules establishing a system of awarding points against a person for the commission of an offence under this Act or the rules, and providing for the circumstances where any points so awarded may be cancelled or disregarded.
(3)
The Deputy Commissioner of Police may, under subsection (1), regard a person as not competent to drive a motor vehicle, or establish that it would not be in the interests of public safety for a person to continue to hold a driving licence, if that person is awarded, within a prescribed period, points prescribed for the commission of an offence or offences under this Act that are equal to or in excess of the maximum number of points prescribed (called the revocation threshold).
(4)
The rules made under subsection (2) must —
specify the number of points to be awarded for an offence under this Act, including points that distinguish between different offences under this Act or the circumstances in which any offence is committed or both;
specify when points may be awarded in respect of an offence under this Act, and the circumstances under which points awarded may be cancelled or disregarded for the purposes of subsection (1); and
specify the revocation threshold, the period over which the revocation threshold is calculated, and any other matters that are required to be prescribed for the purposes of this section.
(5)
Where the points awarded against a person under the rules made under subsection (2) reach 50% of the revocation threshold under this section, the Deputy Commissioner of Police must give written notice thereof to the person.
(6)
Where a person is disqualified by an order of a court from holding or obtaining a driving licence for a period of time specified in the order, every point awarded against the person under the rules made under subsection (2) must thereupon be cancelled.
(7)
Where a holder of a valid driving licence commits on a single occasion more than one offence under this Act or the rules, points must be awarded against him or her only for the offence committed by him or her and in respect of which the largest number of points may be awarded against a person.
(7A)
If —
a person is a holder of a driving licence authorising the person to drive a motor vehicle of a particular class or description; and
the person’s driving licence is revoked under this section when the person is a new driver in respect of that licence,then every other driving licence authorising the person to drive a motor vehicle of any other class or description is deemed to be revoked as well unless the person is then not a new driver in respect of that other driving licence.
(8)
[Deleted by Act 12 of 2021]
(9)
For the purposes of subsection (7A), a person is a new driver in relation to any driving licence during the initial period —
starting on the date of the grant of the driving licence to the person under section 35(6), or under section 36(2) in the circumstances described in section 36(2)(a)(ii); and
ending on the eve of the first anniversary of the grant of the driving licence as mentioned in paragraph (a).