Singapore legislation
Section 31
Section 31
Warning notices
(1)
Subject to this Act, a person who is, in the course of business, selling, or offering or exposing for sale, by retail, any personal mobility device, mobility scooter or motorised wheelchair on any premises or place, must display or cause to be displayed within the premises or place a prescribed number of warning notices for personal mobility devices, mobility scooters or motorised wheelchairs to be sold, or offered or exposed for sale at those premises or that place (as the case may be).
(2)
A person who contravenes subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction —
where the person is an individual —
to a fine not exceeding $5,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both; but(ii)where the individual is a repeat offender, to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both; or
in any other case —
to a fine not exceeding $10,000; but(ii)where the person is a repeat offender, to a fine not exceeding $20,000.
(3)
In this section —
a warning notice relating to a personal mobility device is a notice stating to the effect that —
the riding of personal mobility devices on any road is unlawful;
the riding of motorised personal mobility devices on any footpath is unlawful;
the riding of non-compliant personal mobility devices, non‑compliant power‑assisted bicycles and non‑compliant bicycles on any public path is ordinarily unlawful; and
the riding of personal mobility devices, PABs or bicycles may be banned on certain footpaths or shared paths even if not non‑compliant; and
a warning notice relating to a mobility scooter or motorised wheelchair is a notice stating to the effect that —
the driving of mobility scooters or motorised wheelchairs on any road is unlawful;
the driving of non‑compliant mobility vehicles on any public path is ordinarily unlawful; and
the driving of mobility scooters or motorised wheelchairs may be banned on certain public paths even if not non‑compliant.
(4)
In relation to an offence under subsection (2), “repeat offender” extends to include a person who —
is convicted, or found guilty, of such an offence (called the current offence); and
has been convicted or found guilty, on at least one other earlier occasion within the period of 5 years immediately before the date on which the person is convicted or found guilty of the current offence, of —
the same offence; or
an offence under subsection (2) as in force immediately before 3 April 2020.