Singapore legislation

Clause 17

of Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill

Clause 17

Amendment of section 67

Section 67 of the principal Act is amended —

(a)

by deleting “$1,000” in subsection (1) and substituting “$2,000”;

(b)

by deleting “$5,000” in subsection (1) and substituting “$10,000”;

(c)

by deleting the words “6 months” in subsection (1) and substituting the words “12 months or to both”;

(d)

by deleting “$3,000” in subsection (1) and substituting “$5,000”;

(e)

by deleting “$10,000” in subsection (1) and substituting “$20,000”;

(f)

by deleting the words “12 months” in subsection (1) and substituting the words “2 years”;

(g)

by deleting subsection (2) and substituting the following subsections:“(2) Subject to sections 64(2D) and (2E) and 65(6) and (7), a court convicting a person for an offence under this section in the following cases is to, unless the court for special reasons thinks fit to not order or to order otherwise, order that the person be disqualified from holding or obtaining a driving licence for a period of not less than the specified period corresponding to that case, starting on the date of the person’s conviction or, where the person is sentenced to imprisonment, on the date of the person’s release from prison:

(a)

for a first offender — 2 years;

(b)

for a repeat offender — 5 years.(2A) Subject to sections 64(2D) and (2E) and 65(6) and (7), where a court convicts a person for an offence under subsection (1) and the person has been convicted (whether before, on or after the date of commencement of section 17 of the Road Traffic (Amendment) Act 2019) on 2 or more earlier occasions of an offence under subsection (1), section 68, or subsection (1) as in force immediately before the date of commencement of section 17 of the Road Traffic (Amendment) Act 2019, the court is to, unless the court for special reasons thinks fit to order a shorter period of disqualification, order that the person be disqualified from holding or obtaining a driving licence for life starting on the date of the person’s conviction.”; and

(h)

by inserting, immediately after subsection (3), the following subsection:“(4) In this section, a repeat offender means a person who is convicted of an offence under this section and who has been convicted (whether before, on or after the date of commencement of section 17 of the Road Traffic (Amendment) Act 2019) on one other earlier occasion of —

(a)

an offence under subsection (1) or section 68; or

(b)

an offence under subsection (1) as in force immediately before the date of commencement of section 17 of the Road Traffic (Amendment) Act 2019.”.

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