Singapore legislation

Clause 6

of Road Traffic Ordinance

Clause 6

Prohibition of possession or use of unlicensed vehicles

(1)

Except as otherwise provided by this Ordinance or by any rules made thereunder, no person shall possess or use a vehicle, other than a bicycle, unless there is in force in respect of such vehicle a licence issued under this Part of this Ordinance, and no person shall possess or use a bicycle unless such bicycle has been registered under this Part of this Ordinance.

(2)

The person who for the time being is or is deemed under the provisions of this Part of this Ordinance to be the registered owner of a vehicle shall for the purposes of subsection (1) of this section be deemed unless the contrary is proved to possess that vehicle:Provided that where notice of a period of non-user in the prescribed form has been given to the Registrar in respect of any vehicle, no person shall be deemed to have contravened the provisions of subsection (1) of this section by reason only of the possession of the vehicle during that period.