Singapore legislation
Clause 21
Clause 21
Provisions as to endorsements
(1)
An order that the particulars of any conviction or of any disqualification to which the convicted person has become subject are to be endorsed on any driving licence held by the offender shall, whether the offender is at the time the holder of a driving licence or not, operate as an order that any driving licence he may then hold or may subsequently obtain shall be so endorsed until he becomes entitled under the provisions of this section to have a driving licence issued to him free from endorsement.
(2)
Where an order is made requiring any driving licence held by an offender to be endorsed then —
if the offender is at the time the holder of a driving licence he shall if so required by the court, produce the driving licence within five days or such longer time as the court may determine for the purpose of endorsement; and
if he is not then the holder of a driving licence but subsequently obtains a driving licence, he shall, within five days after so obtaining the driving licence, produce it to the court for the purpose of endorsement,and if he fails to do so, he shall be guilty of an offence under this Ordinance; and if the driving licence is not produced for the purpose of endorsement within such time as aforesaid, it shall be suspended from the expiration of such time until it is produced for the purpose of endorsement.
(3)
On the issue of a new driving licence to any person, the particulars endorsed on any previous driving licence held by him shall be copied on to the new driving licence unless he has previously become entitled under the provisions of this section to have a driving licence issued to him free from endorsements.
(4)
If any person whose driving licence has been ordered to be endorsed and who has not previously become entitled under the provisions of this section to have a driving licence issued to him free from endorsement, applies for or obtains a driving licence without giving particulars of the order he shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months, and any driving licence so obtained shall be of no effect.
(5)
Where an order has been made in respect of a person under this Part of this Ordinance or the corresponding provisions of any Ordinance repealed by this Ordinance requiring the endorsement of any driving licence held by him, he shall be entitled either on applying for the grant of a driving licence under this Part of this Ordinance or subject to the payment of the prescribed fee and subject to surrender of any subsisting driving licence on application at any time to have issued to him a new driving licence free from endorsements —
if he has, during a continuous period of three years or upwards since the order was made, had no such order made against him or no such order other than an order made more than one year before the date of his application and by reason only of a conviction for the offence of driving a motor vehicle at a speed exceeding a speed limit; or
where the order was made by reason only of such a conviction as aforesaid and immediately before the order was made he was the holder of, or was entitled to have issued to him, a driving licence free from any endorsements or free from any endorsements except of particulars in relation to such a conviction as aforesaid if he has during a continuous period of one year or upwards since the order was made had no order requiring endorsements made against him:Provided that in reckoning the said continuous period of three years and one year respectively, any period during which the applicant was by virtue of the order disqualified for holding or obtaining a driving licence shall be excluded.
(6)
Where a court orders particulars to be endorsed on a driving licence held by any person or where by a conviction or order of a court a person is disqualified for holding or obtaining a driving licence, the court shall send notice of the conviction or order to the Registrar and in a case where a person is so disqualified shall also on the production of the driving licence for the purpose of endorsement retain the driving licence and forward it to the Registrar who shall keep the driving licence until the disqualification has expired or been removed and the person entitled to the driving licence has made a demand in writing for its return to him.
(7)
Where the disqualification to which a person has become subject is limited to the driving of a motor vehicle of a particular class or description, the Registrar shall forthwith after the receipt thereof issue to that person a new driving licence on which there shall be indicated in the prescribed manner the class or description of vehicle which the holder of the driving licence is not thereby authorized to drive, and the driving licence so issued shall remain in force either for the unexpired period of the original driving licence or for the period of the disqualification whichever is the shorter.
(8)
Where on an appeal against any such order, the appeal is allowed or where any such conviction is quashed the court by which the appeal is allowed or the conviction is quashed shall send notice thereof to the Registrar and the Registrar or other officer of the court shall as may be necessary cancel or amend any endorsement made on any driving licence.