Singapore legislation

Clause 3

of Active Mobility (Amendment) Bill

Clause 3

Amendment of section 16

Section 16 of the principal Act is amended —

(a)

by inserting, immediately after the words “a PAB” in subsection (1)(a), the words “or a motorised personal mobility device”;

(b)

by deleting the words “personal mobility device,” in subsection (1)(b);

(c)

by inserting, immediately after the words “a PAB” in subsection (2), the words “or a motorised personal mobility device”;

(d)

by deleting the words “or operating” in subsection (3);

(e)

by deleting paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection (4) and substituting the following paragraphs:“(a)to a fine not exceeding $2,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 months or to both; but(b)where the individual is a repeat offender, to a fine not exceeding $5,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both.”;

(f)

by inserting, immediately after subsection (4), the following subsection:“(5) In relation to an offence under subsection (4), “repeat offender” extends to include an individual 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 individual is convicted or found guilty of the current offence, of —

(i)

the same offence; or

(ii)

an offence under subsection (4) as in force immediately before the date of commencement of section 3 of the Active Mobility (Amendment) Act 2020.”; and

(g)

by inserting, immediately after the word “PABs” in the section heading, the word “, etc.,”.