Singapore legislation

Clause 14

of Active Mobility (Amendment) Bill

Clause 14

Amendment of section 31

Section 31 of the principal Act is amended —

(a)

by deleting paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection (2) and substituting the following paragraphs:“(a)where the person is an individual —

(i)

to a fine not exceeding $5,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both; but(ii)where the individual is a repeat offender, to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both; or

(b)

in any other case —

(i)

to a fine not exceeding $10,000; but(ii)where the person is a repeat offender, to a fine not exceeding $20,000.”;

(b)

by inserting, immediately after sub‑paragraph (i) of subsection (3)(a), the following sub‑paragraph:“(ia)the riding of motorised personal mobility devices on any footpath is unlawful;”; and

(c)

by inserting, immediately after subsection (3), the following subsection:“(4) In relation to an offence under subsection (2), “repeat offender” extends to include a person who —

(a)

is convicted, or found guilty, of such an offence (called the current offence); and

(b)

has been convicted or found guilty, on at least one other earlier occasion within the period of 5 years immediately before the date on which the person is convicted or found guilty of the current offence, of —

(i)

the same offence; or

(ii)

an offence under subsection (2) as in force immediately before the date of commencement of section 14 of the Active Mobility (Amendment) Act 2020.”.

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