Clause 46

to regulate the width, height, wheelbase, length and overhang of vehicles and trailers and the load carried thereby, the diameter of wheels and the width, nature and condition of tyres of vehicles and trailers and to prohibit the use of any tyres likely to cause damage to the roads;

to control in connection with the use of a motor vehicle the consumption of smoke and the emission of visible vapour, sparks, ashes and grit;

to prohibit excessive noise due to the design or condition of the motor vehicle or trailer or the loading thereof;

to regulate the maximum weight unladen of heavy locomotives and heavy motor cars and the maximum weight laden of motor vehicles and trailers and the maximum weight to be transmitted to the road or any specified area thereof by a motor vehicle or trailer of any class or description or by any part or parts of such a vehicle or trailer in contact with the road and the conditions under which the weights may be required to be tested;

to prescribe the particulars to be marked on vehicles and trailers;

to regulate the towing or drawing of vehicles by motor vehicles and the manner of attachments;

to specify the number and nature of springs and brakes on vehicles and trailers and to secure that springs, brakes, silencers and steering gear shall be efficient and kept in proper working order and for empowering any persons or classes of persons named or described in such rules to test and inspect any such springs, brakes, silencers and steering gear on a road or, subject to the consent of the occupier of the premises, on any premises;

to regulate the appliances to be fitted for signalling the approach of a vehicle or enabling the driver of a motor vehicle to become aware of the approach of another vehicle from the rear or for intimating any intended change of speed or direction of a motor vehicle and to regulate or to prohibit the use of any such appliance and to secure that they shall be efficient and kept in proper working order;

to prohibit in connection with the use of a motor vehicle the use of any appliance or the commission of any act which is likely to cause annoyance or danger;

to regulate the lights to be carried by vehicles and trailers whether in respect of the nature of such lights, the positions in which they shall be fixed and the periods during which they shall be lighted or otherwise;

to regulate the number of trailers that may be attached in train to any motor vehicle, the manner of attachment and the manner in which the same shall be kept under control and the maximum weight thereof;

to prescribe the number of persons to be employed in driving or attending motor vehicles or trailers and to regulate the duties and conduct of such persons;

to prescribe a maximum speed for motor vehicles of any class or description and to provide for exemption in special cases;

to regulate the registration and licensing of vehicles, to prescribe the forms of application for and the contents of vehicle licences, to prescribe the fees to be charged therefor and the manner of payment thereof and to provide special facilities for the licensing of motor vehicles brought into Singapore from places outside the Federation of Malaya;

to provide for the issue of registration books in respect of the registration of any vehicle and for the surrender, transfer and production and the inspection by the prescribed persons of any book so issued; and for the issue of new registration books and new vehicle licences in the place of any such books or licences which may be lost or destroyed and for the fee to be paid on the issue of a new registration book or vehicle licence;

to prescribe the size, shape and character of the identification marks or the signs to be fixed on any vehicle and the manner in which those marks or signs are to be displayed and rendered easily distinguishable whether by night or by day;

to require any person to whom any vehicle is sold or disposed of to furnish the prescribed particulars in the prescribed manner;

to prescribe the form of, and the particulars to be included in, the register with respect to motor vehicles for which a general licence has been taken out by a manufacturer or dealer and the identification marks to be carried by any such motor vehicle and to define the purposes for which the holder of a general licence may use a motor vehicle under such general licence;

to extend any provisions as to registration and provisions incidental to any such provisions to any vehicles in respect of which fees under this Ordinance are not payable (including vehicles belonging to Her Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom) and to provide for the identification of any such vehicles;

to require the Registrar to make the prescribed returns with respect to vehicles registered with him and to make any particulars contained in the register available for use by the prescribed persons on payment of the fee prescribed (if any);

to regulate the granting of driving licences, to prescribe the form of application for and the contents of driving licences, to prescribe the fees to be charged therefor and the manner of payment thereof;

with respect to the nature of tests of competence to drive, to evidence of the result thereof and generally with respect thereto;

to require a person submitting himself for a test to provide a motor vehicle for the purpose thereof and to prescribe the fee to be charged for a test;

to ensure that a person submitting himself for a test and failing to pass that test shall not be eligible to submit himself for another test by the same or any other person before the expiration of a prescribed period except under an order made by a court under the power conferred by subsection (3) of section 14 of this Ordinance;

to prescribe the record to be kept in respect of driving licences and to provide special facilities for granting driving licences to persons not resident in Singapore or the Federation of Malaya and to dispense in the case of any such persons with the requirements of subsection (1) of section 14 and of section 15 of this Ordinance;

to make any particulars with respect to any persons who are disqualified for holding or obtaining driving licences or whose licences are suspended or endorsed available for use by the Registrar and to prevent a person holding more than one driving licence and to facilitate the identification of holders of driving licences and to provide for the issue of a new licence in the place of a driving licence lost or defaced on payment of such fee as may be prescribed and in connection with driving licences generally; and