Singapore legislation
Clause 8
Clause 8
Provisions as to licences
(1)
It shall be the duty of the Registrar on receipt of such applications and declarations and on payment of such fees as are prescribed to issue licences for vehicles other than bicycles, and to register bicycles:Provided that the Registrar shall not issue a licence for any vehicle unless he is satisfied that such vehicle was licensed up to the date of issue of the new licence or that although not so licensed it has not been used in Singapore, or if the vehicle is a motor vehicle, it has not been used in Singapore or the Federation of Malaya since the expiration of the last licence issued therefor.
(2)
Such licences may be taken out for such periods of the year as may be prescribed and may be transferred in the prescribed manner.
(3)
Application for a licence in respect of any vehicle shall be made to the Registrar.
(4)
Every person applying for a licence under this Part shall make such a declaration and furnish such particulars with respect to the vehicle for which a licence is to be taken out or otherwise as may be prescribed and shall in respect of a motor vehicle for which a licence is to be taken out produce to the Registrar such evidence as may be prescribed that either —
on the date when the licence comes into operation there will be in force the policy of insurance or the security required by law in relation to the use of the motor vehicle by the applicant or by other persons on his order or with his permission; or
the motor vehicle is a vehicle to which section 3 of the Motor Vehicles (Third-party Risks and Compensation) Ordinance, 1960 (Ord. 1 of 1960), does not apply at any time when it is being driven by the owner thereof or by a servant of his in the course of his employment or is otherwise subject to the control of the owner.
(5)
Subject to the provisions of this Ordinance as to general licences, every licence shall be issued in respect of the vehicle specified in the application for the licence and shall not enable the person to whom it is issued to use any other vehicle and the Registrar shall not issue any licence for which application is made unless he is satisfied that the licence applied for is the proper licence for the vehicle specified in the application and, in the case of an application for a licence for a vehicle purporting to be the first application for a licence in respect of that vehicle, that a licence has not previously been issued in respect of that vehicle.
(6)
When any vehicle in respect of which any such licence as aforesaid has been issued is altered after the licence has been issued in such a manner as to cause the vehicle to become a vehicle in respect of which a licence at a higher fee or a licence of a different class is required, the licence shall become void but the holder of the licence shall, on surrendering the same and furnishing the prescribed particulars, be entitled to receive a new licence in respect of the vehicle to have effect from the period for which the surrendered licence would, if it had not been surrendered, have remained in force on payment of such amount, if any, as represents the difference between the amount payable on the new licence and the amount paid on the surrendered licence.
(7)
If any fee payable in respect of a licence for a vehicle remains unpaid after ten days from the date on which such licence should have been taken out, or if the fee which has been paid in respect of a licence for a vehicle is less than the amount payable on the licence appropriate for that vehicle, the Registrar shall issue a notice requiring the defaulter to pay the amount due, together with a fee of fifty cents for the costs of such notice, within ten days from the date thereof.
(8)
If such amount and fee are not paid within the said period of ten days, the Registrar may issue a warrant in the prescribed form directing the officer named therein to levy the same and the costs of recovery by seizure and sale of all and singular the movable property of the defaulter found within Singapore.
(9)
The person to whom any such warrant is addressed may break open in the day-time any house or building for the purpose of seizing property in pursuance of such warrant.
(10)
Such fees as are prescribed by the Minister shall be payable by way of costs in the case of the issue of a warrant for the recovery of any fee under this section.
(11)
No person may take proceedings with a view to obtaining the repayment of any overpayment of any fee for a licence in respect of any vehicle unless such proceedings are brought before the expiration of the year next following the year in respect of which or of part of which the licence was taken out.
(12)
Every licence issued in respect of a motor vehicle under this section shall be fixed to and exhibited on the vehicle in respect of which it is issued in such manner and subject to such conditions as may be prescribed.
(13)
The Registrar when licensing any heavy motor car, motor car or motor cycle may determine and enter in the licence the maximum number of persons that may be carried in any portion thereof and may make entry of such number in the register. The owner and the person in charge of any such motor vehicle in respect of which the provisions of this subsection are contravened shall be guilty of an offence under this Ordinance.