Singapore legislation

Regulation 31

of Active Mobility (Registration of Registrable Personal Mobility Devices) Regulations 2019

Regulation 31

Offences connected with identification marks

Subregulation 1

A person commits an offence if —

(a)

the person affixes or displays on a registrable PMD which is not registered a false identification mark which the person knows, or ought reasonably to have known, to be a false identification mark, with the intention of dishonestly inducing another person to accept it as a genuine identification mark;

(b)

the person knows, or ought reasonably to have known, that the registrable PMD is not registered; and

(c)

by reason of the other person so accepting, the person —

(i)

obtains a gain (whether for the person or someone else);

(ii)

causes a loss to the other person or someone else; or

(iii)

influences the exercise of a public duty.

Subregulation 2

A person commits an offence if —

(a)

the person affixes or displays on a registered registrable PMD any label, adhesive or other document which does not show the registration code assigned to the PMD under section 28C(2)(a) of the Act, with the intention of dishonestly inducing another person to accept the label or other mark as a genuine identification mark; (b)the person knows, or ought reasonably to have known, the registration code assigned to the PMD under section 28C(2)(a) of the Act; and

(c)

by reason of the other person so accepting, the person —

(i)

obtains a gain (whether for the person or someone else);

(ii)

causes a loss to the other person or someone else; or

(iii)

influences the exercise of a public duty.

Subregulation 3

A person who is guilty of an offence under paragraph (1) or (2) shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both.