Singapore legislation

Clause 3

of Public Transport Council (Amendment) Bill

Clause 3

Amendment of section 23

Section 23 of the principal Act is amended —

(a)

by deleting subsection (1) and substituting the following subsection:“(1) Subject to subsection (2), no person shall be entitled to demand and take any bus, taxi or rapid transit system fare that is not approved by the Council under section 24(3) or 24AA(2)(a).”;

(b)

by inserting, immediately after the words “the Council” in subsection (2), the words “in circumstances not proscribed by the Council”;

(c)

by deleting the words “in excess of such approved fare” in subsection (4) and substituting the words “in contravention of subsection (1)”; and

(d)

by inserting, immediately after subsection (4), the following subsection:“(5) Where the Council has suspended any approval for any bus fare, taxi fare or rapid transit system fare under section 24(5), the bus fare, taxi fare or rapid transit system fare shall, for the duration of the suspension, be deemed not to be an approved fare for the purposes of this section.”.