Singapore legislation

Section 33

of Active Mobility Act 2017

Section 33

Selling personal mobility devices, etc., for use on roads

Amended by38/20189/2020

(1)

Subject to this Act, a person shall be guilty of an offence if —

(a)

the person sells, at any premises or place and in the course of business, any personal mobility device, mobility scooter or motorised wheelchair; and

(b)

at the time the personal mobility device or the mobility scooter or motorised wheelchair (as the case may be) is sold or offered for sale, the person knows that, or is reckless as to whether or not, the buyer intends whichever as follows that is applicable:

(i)

to ride the personal mobility device on a public road;

(ii)

to drive the mobility scooter or motorised wheelchair on a public road.

Amended by38/2018

(2)

A person who is guilty of an offence under this section shall be liable on conviction —

(a)

where the person is an individual —

(i)

to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both; but(ii)where the individual is a repeat offender, to a fine not exceeding $20,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 24 months or to both; or

(b)

in any other case —

(i)

to a fine not exceeding $20,000; but(ii)where the person is a repeat offender, to a fine not exceeding $40,000.

Amended by9/2020

(3)

In any proceedings for an offence under this section, it is not a defence for the accused to prove that warning notices were displayed in compliance with section 31 on the premises at which and when the sale took place.

(4)

In this section, “sell” includes causing or authorising a person to sell.

(5)

To avoid doubt, this section does not limit the term “abetment” under the Penal Code 1871.