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Active Mobility Act 2017 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 5 · Administration and Enforcement

50. Power to seize vehicles, competency test certificates or certificates of medical need

Amended

Last amended by an amending law of 2026. 3 amendments in all.

(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, 3B or 4 has been or is being committed, the authorised officer, outsourced enforcement officer or public path warden may —

(a)

seize the vehicle and take it to a holding yard; or

(b)

require the owner, driver, rider, user 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, user 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 certificate of medical need or an article resembling a competency test certificate or certificate of medical need if —

(a)

the competency test certificate or certificate of medical need 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 or certificate of medical need granted to that individual; and

(b)

the authorised officer, outsourced enforcement officer or public path warden has reason to believe that —

(i)

the competency test certificate or certificate of medical need is unlawfully in the possession of that individual who produced it; or

(ii)

the competency test certificate or certificate of medical need or article is evidence of the commission of an offence under section 23H, 23L or 47(6).

(6)

Every competency test certificate or certificate of medical need seized under subsection (5) must be forwarded to the Authority, and the Authority may —

(a)

return the competency test certificate or certificate of medical need to the individual who produced it, if the Authority is satisfied that the competency test certificate or certificate of medical need was lawfully in the possession of the individual who produced it; or

(b)

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 certificate of medical need or any article resembling a competency test certificate or certificate of medical need does not extend to a mobile communication device or other electronic device on which a digital competency test certificate or certificate of medical need is displayed.

Terms defined in s 2

authorised officer
Defined · s 2
“authorised officer”, for any provision of this Act, means an individual who is appointed under section 38 as an authorised officer for the purposes of that provision;
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Authority
Defined · s 2
“Authority” means the Land Transport Authority of Singapore constituted under the Land Transport Authority of Singapore Act 1995;
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certificate of medical need
Defined · s 2
“certificate of medical need”, for a class or description of mobility vehicle, means a certificate granted under section 23K certifying that an individual has a medical need to drive or ride that class or description of mobility vehicle;
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competency test certificate
Defined · s 2
“competency test certificate”, for a class or description of test‑needed‑to‑drive vehicle, means a certificate granted under section 23F certifying that an individual has passed the prescribed test of competence for that class or description of test‑needed‑to‑drive vehicle;
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driver
Defined · s 2
“driver” means a driver of a vehicle and includes a rider, but does not include an individual who is walking and pushing a mobility vehicle;
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holding yard
Defined · s 2
“holding yard” means a place used under section 52 for the storage of vehicles moved to, surrendered at, detained, seized or forfeited under Division 2 of Part 5;
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mobile communication device
Defined · s 2
“mobile communication device” has the meaning given by section 22A(4);
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outsourced enforcement officer
Defined · s 2
“outsourced enforcement officer”, in relation to any provision of this Act or the regulations, means an individual who —(a)is appointed under section 11 of the Land Transport Authority of Singapore Act 1995;(b)is authorised by or under that Act to exercise any powers under any provision of this Act or regulations made under this Act, as the case may be; and(c)is acting within that authorisation;
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owner
Defined · s 2
“owner”, in relation to a bicycle, PAB, personal mobility device or mobility vehicle, means —(a)for a registrable personal mobility device — the person who is recorded in the registrable PMD register as the registered responsible person for that device at the relevant time;(aa)for a registrable mobility vehicle — the person who is recorded in the registrable MV register as the registered responsible person for that vehicle at the relevant time;(b)for a PAB — the person who is registered as the owner of the PAB under the Road Traffic Act 1961 at the relevant time;(c)for a registrable personal mobility device the registration of which under Part 3A is cancelled, a registrable mobility vehicle the registration of which under Part 3B is cancelled or a PAB the registration of which under the Road Traffic Act 1961 is cancelled — the following person, as applicable:(i)the person who is last recorded in the registrable PMD register as the registered responsible person for that device;(ia)the person who is last recorded in the registrable MV register as the registered responsible person for that mobility vehicle;(ii)the person who is last recorded as the owner for that PAB under the Road Traffic Act 1961; and(d)for any other vehicle — the person who is —(i)a sole or joint owner of the vehicle;(ii)a person who solely, or jointly or in common with any other person, is entitled to the immediate possession of the vehicle; or(iii)for a vehicle which is the subject of a hiring agreement or hire‑purchase agreement, the person in possession or entitled to possession of the vehicle under that agreement;
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public path warden
Defined · s 2
“public path warden” means an individual who is appointed under section 39 as a public path warden, and includes any authorised officer;
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rider
Defined · s 2
“rider” means an individual who is riding a bicycle, PAB, personal mobility device or mobility vehicle, but does not include an individual walking beside and pushing any of these vehicles;
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vehicle
Defined · s 2
“vehicle” means any means of conveyance that runs on wheels, other than a train;
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