Singapore legislation
Clause 4
Clause 4
Repeal and re-enactment of section 38
Section 38 of the principal Act is repealed and the following section substituted therefor:“Recognition of foreign driving licences and driving permits held by members of visiting forces38.—
Subject to the provisions of this Act, it shall be lawful for a person resident outside Singapore who is temporarily in Singapore and who holds a valid foreign driving licence to drive in Singapore during a period of 12 months from the date of his last entry into Singapore a motor vehicle of the class or description which the foreign driving licence authorises him to drive, notwithstanding that he does not hold a driving licence granted under this Part.(2) It shall be lawful for —
a member of a visiting force; or
a member of a civilian component of such visiting force,who holds a driving permit issued to him by a competent authority of the country of the visiting force to drive in Singapore a motor vehicle belonging to the country of the visiting force which is of the class or description specified in the driving permit, notwithstanding that he does not hold a driving licence granted under this Part.(3) In subsection (2), “visiting force” and “civilian component” shall have the same meanings as in the Visiting Forces Act (Cap. 344).”.