Singapore legislation
Clause 12
Clause 12
New section 14A
The principal Act is amended by inserting, immediately after section 14, the following section:“Demerit points14A.—
(1)
The Minister may, for the purposes of sections 10, 11 and 14(2A), make rules to establish a system of awarding demerit points against a licensee for the commission of an offence under section 18(1)(c).(2) For the purposes of this section, demerit points may be awarded against a licensee notwithstanding that the licensee has accepted an offer by the Licensing Officer to compound the offence concerned.(3) Where a licence is cancelled under section 14, every demerit point awarded against the licensee in respect of the licence shall be cancelled.”.