Singapore legislation

Section 58B

of Active Mobility Act 2017

Section 58B

Court may order undergoing course

Amended by9/20209/2020

(1)

Where —

(a)

an individual (called in this section the offender), is convicted of an offence in Division 2 or 2A of Part 3;

(b)

at the time of the commission of the offence, the offender was the driver of a motorised wheelchair or a mechanised sweeper, or the rider of a bicycle, personal mobility device, PAB or mobility scooter; and

(c)

the court convicting the offender of the offence is, having regard to the circumstances of the commission of the offence and the character and conduct of the offender, of the opinion that to prevent another commission of an offence under Part 3, the offender should undergo training on safe driving or riding on public paths,the court may, in addition to imposing on the offender the punishment provided for the offence under this Act, make an order requiring him or her to attend and complete, at the offender’s own expense, a course designed to increase knowledge of, and to encourage, safe driving and riding behaviour on public paths as the court specifies.

Amended by9/2020

(2)

An offender may appeal against an order of a court under subsection (1) in the same manner as against a conviction, and the court may if it thinks fit, pending the appeal, suspend the operation of the order.

Amended by9/2020