Singapore legislation
Section 13
Section 13
Duty to give information
(1)
Where the driver or the conductor of a vehicle is alleged or is suspected to be guilty of an offence under this Act or any rules made under this Act —
the owner of the vehicle must furnish any information required by the Superintendent or an officer authorised by the Superintendent to act in that behalf as to the identity and address of the person who was the driver or conductor of that vehicle at or about the time of the alleged offence, and as to the driving licence held by that person (if necessary); and
any other person who was or should have been in charge of the vehicle must, if so required under paragraph (a), give any information which is in the person’s power to give, and which may lead to the identification of the driver.
(2)
Any owner of a vehicle or any other person who fails to furnish the information required from him or her under subsection (1)(a) or (b) (as the case may be) within 14 days after the date on which the information was required from him or her shall be guilty of an offence unless he or she proves, to the satisfaction of the court, that he or she did not know and could not with reasonable diligence have ascertained the information required.
(3)
A person required under subsection (1) by the Superintendent or an officer authorised by the Superintendent to act in that behalf to give information commits an offence if —
the person —
provides, or causes or permits to be provided, any information in connection with the requirement, which is false or misleading in a material particular; and
knows or ought reasonably to know that, or is reckless as to whether, the information is false or misleading in a material particular; or
the person intentionally alters, suppresses or destroys any information which the person is required under subsection (1) to give, for the purpose of not leading to the identification of the driver,and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both.
(4)
The Superintendent or any officer authorised by the Superintendent to act in that behalf may require any information to be furnished under subsection (1) to be in writing signed by the person required to furnish the information.
(5)
Despite any other written law, any information given under this section by any person charged with an offence under this Act or any rules made under this Act or an offence in connection with the driving of a vehicle may be used as evidence without proof of signature at the hearing of the charge.
(6)
Despite any other written law, any statement made by any person to the Superintendent or any officer authorised by the Superintendent under this section that a vehicle was on a particular occasion being driven by or belonged to that person or that it belonged to a firm in which that person also stated that that person was a partner or to a corporation of which that person stated that that person was a director, an officer or an employee is admissible in evidence without proof of signature for the purpose of determining by whom the vehicle was on that occasion being driven or who was in charge of it or to whom it belonged.