Singapore legislation

Clause 25

of Road Traffic Ordinance

Clause 25

Driving without due care or reasonable consideration

(1)

If any person drives a motor vehicle on a road without due care and attention or without reasonable consideration for other persons using the road, he shall be guilty of an offence under this Ordinance and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or to both such fine and imprisonment, and in the case of a second or subsequent conviction to a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to both such fine and imprisonment.

(2)

A first or second conviction for an offence under this section shall not render the offender liable to be disqualified for holding or obtaining a driving licence for a longer period than one month in the case of a first conviction, or three months in the case of a second conviction:Provided that where within the three years next before the date on which he is convicted for an offence under this section the offender has been convicted for an offence under section 24 of this Ordinance that conviction shall be treated for the purposes of this subsection as if it had been a conviction for an offence under this section.

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