42. Amendment of section 32

In the EVCA, in section 32 —

replace subsection (1) with —“(1) An individual commits an offence if he or she, without reasonable excuse, defaces, obliterates or removes any of the following when it is lawfully affixed to an EV charger:

any approval label made available by the LTA under section 8(1)(b), 8A(1)(a) or 8B(1)(a);

any charger identification label made available by the LTA under section 20A(1)(a);

any alteration‑approved label made available by the LTA for an EV charger under section 13(1) as in force immediately before the date of commencement of section 42 of the Land Transport and Related Matters (No. 2) Act 2026 (called in this section the section 42 LTRMA commencement date);

any registration mark issued by the LTA under section 20(1)(c) as in force immediately before the section 42 LTRMA commencement date.”;

replace subsection (3) with —“(3) A person commits an offence if the person, without reasonable excuse, causes an individual to deface, obliterate or remove any of the following when it is lawfully affixed to an EV charger:

any approval label made available by the LTA under section 8(1)(b), 8A(1)(a) or 8B(1)(a);

any charger identification label made available by the LTA under section 20A(1)(a);

any alteration-approved label made available by the LTA for an EV charger under section 13(1) as in force immediately before the section 42 LTRMA commencement date;

any registration mark issued by the LTA under section 20(1)(c) as in force immediately before the section 42 LTRMA commencement date.”; and

after subsection (4), insert —“(5) In relation to an offence under subsection (1) or (3), “repeat offender” means an individual who —

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

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 —

an offence under subsection (1) or (3), as the case may be; or

an offence under subsection (1) or (3), as the case may be, as in force immediately before the section 42 LTRMA commencement date.”.