Clause 9

On the first issue of a licence under this Part of this Ordinance for a vehicle other than a bicycle, it shall be the duty of the Registrar to register the vehicle in the prescribed manner without any further application in that behalf by the person taking out the licence and, subject to the provisions of this section, the Registrar shall assign a separate number to every vehicle registered with him and a mark indicating both the registered number of the vehicle and the fact that it has been registered in Singapore shall be fixed on the vehicle or on any other vehicle drawn by the vehicle or on both in the prescribed manner:Provided that any number which has been assigned to a motor vehicle before the coming into operation of the provisions of this section by a Registrar of Motor Vehicles in the Federation of Malaya and which is the registered number of that vehicle on the date on which the provisions of this section come into operation may be treated as having been assigned to the motor vehicle under the provisions of this Ordinance.

The Registrar shall, on any application for the registration of a bicycle made to him in the prescribed manner and on payment of the prescribed fee, register such bicycle in the prescribed manner, assigning a separate number to every bicycle registered with him, and a mark indicating both the registered number and the fact that it has been registered shall be fixed on the bicycle in the prescribed manner.

If the mark to be fixed in accordance with this Ordinance is not so fixed, or if being so fixed it is in any way obscured or rendered or allowed to become or to remain not easily distinguishable, the person driving the vehicle or having charge of the vehicle while it is being used shall be guilty of an offence under this Ordinance:Provided that a person charged under this section with having an obscured mark or with obscuring a mark or rendering or allowing it to become or remain not easily distinguishable shall not be liable to be convicted on the charge if he proves that he has taken all steps reasonably practicable to prevent the mark being obscured or not easily distinguishable.

A person shall not be liable to be convicted under this section if he proves that he had no reasonable opportunity of registering the vehicle in accordance with this section and that the vehicle is being driven on the road for the purpose of being so registered.