Bus Services Industry (Control of Conduct and Activities — Public Bus) Regulations 2026 · As enacted · Part 4 · Conduct of Bus Passenger of Public Bus
15. Touting, etc., prohibited
Official textFrom Singapore Statutes Online, unchanged
A bus passenger, while within a public bus, must not —
tout or solicit alms, rewards or employment of any description;
sell or offer for sale any article or goods, or carry on any business;
display, exhibit or distribute any book or printed, written or pictorial matter or any such samples for the purpose of advertising or publicity; or
provide any public entertainment (within the meaning given by section 2(1) of the Public Entertainments Act 1958).
However, paragraph (1) does not apply to a bus passenger if the bus passenger has the written permission of the LTA or the operator to carry out the activity mentioned in that paragraph.
A person who contravenes paragraph (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $1,000.
Subregulation 1
A bus passenger, while within a public bus, must not —
tout or solicit alms, rewards or employment of any description;
sell or offer for sale any article or goods, or carry on any business;
display, exhibit or distribute any book or printed, written or pictorial matter or any such samples for the purpose of advertising or publicity; or
provide any public entertainment (within the meaning given by section 2(1) of the Public Entertainments Act 1958).
Subregulation 2
However, paragraph (1) does not apply to a bus passenger if the bus passenger has the written permission of the LTA or the operator to carry out the activity mentioned in that paragraph.
Subregulation 3
A person who contravenes paragraph (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $1,000.