Singapore legislation
Clause 74
Clause 74
Goods vehicles not to be used for passengers
(1)
Any person driving or using any goods vehicle who shall carry any person therein or thereon or cause or permit any person to ride therein or thereon shall be guilty of an offence under this Ordinance unless he proves that —
the person so carried is in the employment of the owner or hirer of the vehicle and is proceeding on his master’s business and is carried in accordance with rules prescribed under subsection (5) of section 30 of this Ordinance; or
the person so carried is a sick or injured person carried in a case of emergency; or
the carriage of such persons is authorized by a permit issued under subsection (3) of this section.
(2)
The owner of the goods vehicle shall in all cases also be liable for such act equally with and independently of the person actually driving or using such goods vehicle unless he proves that he had taken every reasonable precaution to prevent the commission of any offence under this section.
(3)
The Registrar or any officer in charge of any police station may on payment of the prescribed fee issue a permit in the prescribed form authorizing for a particular occasion the carriage of persons in or on a goods vehicle in any case in which he is satisfied that the carriage of such persons is consistent with safety. Such permit shall be subject to such conditions as may be specified therein. [75]