Singapore legislation
Section 50
Section 50
Power to seize vehicles or competency test certificates
(1)
Where an authorised officer, an outsourced enforcement officer or a public path warden has reason to believe that a vehicle is a vehicle in connection with which an offence under Part 3, 3A or 4 has been or is being committed, the authorised officer, outsourced enforcement officer or public path warden may —
seize the vehicle and take it to a holding yard; or
require the owner, driver, rider or person in charge of the vehicle to take the vehicle to and surrender it at a specified holding yard.
(2)
The power conferred on an authorised officer, an outsourced enforcement officer or a public path warden under subsection (1)(a) may be exercised whether or not the owner, driver, rider or person in charge of the vehicle is present at the time of its seizure.
(3)
When a vehicle is seized under this section by an authorised officer, an outsourced enforcement officer or a public path warden, the authorised officer, outsourced enforcement officer or public path warden concerned must as soon as practicable give notice of the seizure and the grounds of doing so to the owner of the vehicle, if known, except that the notice is not required to be given where the seizure is made in the presence of the owner or the owner’s agent.
(4)
Any person who, without reasonable excuse, refuses or neglects to comply with any requirement under subsection (1)(b) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $1,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 months.
(5)
An authorised officer, an outsourced enforcement officer or a public path warden may, with no other authority than this section, seize a competency test certificate or an article resembling a competency test certificate if —
the competency test certificate or article is produced to the authorised officer, outsourced enforcement officer or public path warden pursuant to an order under section 47(1)(b) or otherwise, by an individual who represents it as a competency test certificate granted to that individual; and
the authorised officer, outsourced enforcement officer or public path warden has reason to believe that —
the competency test certificate is unlawfully in the possession of that individual who produced it; or
the competency test certificate or article is evidence of the commission of an offence under section 23H or 47(6).
(6)
Every competency test certificate seized under subsection (5) must be forwarded to the Authority, and the Authority may —
return the competency test certificate to the individual who produced it, if the Authority is satisfied that the competency test certificate was lawfully in the possession of the individual who produced it; or
in any other case, deal with it in such manner as the Authority thinks fit.
(7)
However, the authority conferred by subsection (5) to seize a competency test certificate or any article resembling a competency test certificate does not extend to a mobile communication device or other electronic device on which a digital competency test certificate is displayed.