Singapore legislation

Section 23E

of Active Mobility Act 2017

Section 23E

Employing, etc., untested rider, etc., on public path

Amended by9/20209/20209/2020

(1)

Subject to this Act, a person commits an offence if —

(a)

the person employs, or intentionally or negligently allows, an individual to drive or ride a test‑needed‑to‑drive vehicle of a class or description on a public path;

(b)

the individual in paragraph (a) is not granted a competency test certificate for that class or description of test‑needed‑to‑drive vehicle and is not excluded under section 23D(2); and

(c)

the person knows that, or is negligent as to whether, the individual is not granted a competency test certificate for that class or description of test‑needed‑to‑drive vehicle.

Amended by9/2020

(2)

To avoid doubt, subsection (1) does not apply to a person who carries on at any premises a business of selling test‑needed‑to‑drive vehicles allowing, in the course of that business and for the purpose of selling the vehicle, a customer of the business concerned at the customer’s request to drive or ride a test‑needed‑to‑drive vehicle within any part of those premises not comprising a public path.

Amended by9/2020

(3)

A person who is guilty of an offence under subsection (1) shall be liable on conviction —

(a)

to a fine not exceeding $2,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both; but(b)where the person is a repeat offender, to a fine not exceeding $5,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both.

Amended by9/2020