Electric Vehicles Charging Act 2022 · Updated to 1 Jul 2026 · Part 5 · Safety of Ev Chargers
30. Improper charging
Official textFrom Singapore Statutes Online, unchanged
A person commits an offence if —
the person uses, or allows to be used, an EV charger to charge an electric vehicle at any place in Singapore;
the place is prescribed as a banned location for that type of EV charger; and
the person knows that, or is reckless as to whether, the place is a banned location for that type of EV charger.
A person commits an offence if —
the person uses, or allows to be used, an EV charger to charge an electric vehicle in a certain way or in certain circumstances;
the way is not, or those circumstances are not, a way or circumstance prescribed as permissible for that type of EV charger; and
the person knows that, or is reckless as to whether, that way or those circumstances is or are not prescribed as permissible for that type of EV charger.
A person who is guilty of an offence under subsection (1) or (2) shall be liable on conviction —
where the person is an individual —
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
where the person is not an individual —
to a fine not exceeding $10,000; but(ii)where the person is a repeat offender — to a fine not exceeding $20,000.
Subsections (1) and (2) do not apply to a person —
whose business is —
to repair an EV charger; or
to determine whether an EV charger complies with the safety and performance standards prescribed to be a homologated model; and
who uses the EV charger for the sole purpose of —
determining, in the person’s ordinary course of business, whether the EV charger complies with the safety and performance standards prescribed to be a homologated model; or
repairing the EV charger in the person’s ordinary course of business.
To avoid doubt, this section does not derogate from section 18.
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Licensing
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Step-In Arrangements
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Minimum Electrical Load and Charging Points in Buildings
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Appeals
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Evidence and Enforcement
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Administration
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Miscellaneous
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