Singapore legislation

Clause 42

of Requisition of Resources Bill

Clause 42

Vehicles used for the purposes of this Act

(1)

When Part III is in force, any person who is in possession of a certificate or document issued to him by a competent authority authorising him to drive or requisition a vehicle of a class or description specified in such certificate or document may drive any such vehicle requisitioned under this Act or hired for the purposes of the armed forces or the civil defence force and the aforesaid certificate or document shall be deemed to be a driving licence for the purposes of section 14 of the Road Traffic Act (Cap. 92).

(2)

A person using any vehicle pursuant to a requisitioning order under this Act shall be deemed, as respects any claim in respect of injury or damage to any other person or property, to be so using the vehicle as a servant of the Government.