Singapore legislation
Clause 47
Clause 47
Savings, exemptions and application to vehicles belonging to the Crown
(1)
Nothing in this Part of this Ordinance shall authorize any person to use any vehicle or trailer so constructed or used as to cause a public or private nuisance or be deemed to affect the liability by virtue of any Ordinance or otherwise of the driver or owner so using such a vehicle.
(2)
The Minister may in special cases and for a particular occasion exempt any vehicle or type of vehicle from the operation of all or any of the provisions of this Part of this Ordinance or from the fees payable thereunder or may reduce such fees.
(3)
No fee shall be payable for licences issued under this Part of this Ordinance in respect of vehicles belonging to Her Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom or to the Government or kept or used by the Yang di-Pertuan Negara and his personal staff or kept or used by the Ruler of a Malay State, motor fire engines, ambulances or road rollers or in respect of a vehicle which is used exclusively on roads which are not repairable at the public expense.
(4)
This Part of this Ordinance shall subject as otherwise provided apply to vehicles, trailers and persons in the service of the Crown and for the purpose of proceedings for an offence in connection with any such vehicle or trailer against any person other than the driver of the vehicle the person nominated in that behalf by the department in whose service the vehicle or trailer is used shall be deemed to be the person actually responsible unless it is shown to the satisfaction of the court that the driver only was responsible:Provided that in the case of motor vehicles owned by Her Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom or by the Government and used for naval, military or air force purposes or in the case of motor vehicles so used while being driven by persons for the time being subject to the orders of any member of the armed forces in the Federation of Malaya or in Singapore the Minister may by rules, subject to such conditions as may be specified in the rules, vary in relation to any such vehicles as aforesaid while being driven as aforesaid the provisions of this Ordinance or of any rule, order or notification imposing a speed limit on motor vehicles and the provisions of this Part of this Ordinance which respectively —
impose restrictions on persons under twenty-one years of age with respect to the driving of heavy locomotives, light locomotives, motor tractors or heavy motor cars;
regulate the number of trailers which may be drawn by motor vehicles. [45]