Singapore legislation
Section 33
Section 33
Selling personal mobility devices, etc., for use on roads
(1)
Subject to this Act, a person shall be guilty of an offence if —
the person sells, at any premises or place and in the course of business, any personal mobility device, mobility scooter or motorised wheelchair; and
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:
to ride the personal mobility device on a public road;
to drive the mobility scooter or motorised wheelchair on a public road.
(2)
A person who is guilty of an offence under this section shall be liable on conviction —
where the person is an individual —
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
in any other case —
to a fine not exceeding $20,000; but(ii)where the person is a repeat offender, to a fine not exceeding $40,000.
(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.