Motor Vehicles (Third-Party Risks and Compensation) Act 1960

This Act is the Motor Vehicles (Third-Party Risks and Compensation) Act 1960.

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires —“appropriate Minister”, in relation to the exercise of powers under sections 20 and 24, means —

the Minister charged with the responsibility for the Public Trustee’s department insofar as those powers are exercised in connection with the purposes of sections 5A, 6, 9(1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (11), (12) and (13), 18, 18A and 19; and

the Minister charged with the responsibility for land transport insofar as those powers are exercised in connection with the purposes of any other provision of this Act;“Deputy Commissioner of Police” includes any police officer authorised by him or her in writing by name or office to exercise the powers vested by this Act in the Deputy Commissioner of Police;“detention barrack” means a building or any part of a building which is set apart by —

the Armed Forces Council under the Singapore Armed Forces Act 1972;

the Commissioner of Civil Defence under the Civil Defence Act 1986;

the Commissioner of Police under the Police Force Act 2004; or

the Commissioner of Police under the Vigilante Corps Act 1967,for the purpose of persons serving sentences of detention under the respective Acts;“Minister” means the Minister charged with the responsibility for land transport;“motor vehicle” means a mechanically propelled vehicle intended or adapted for use on roads;“place of detention” means any of the following places:

a detention barrack;

a disciplinary barrack within the meaning of section 2(1) of the Singapore Armed Forces Act 1972;

a military prison within the meaning of section 2(1) of the Singapore Armed Forces Act 1972;

a place or premises declared under section 18 of the Intoxicating Substances Act 1987 to be an approved centre for the treatment and rehabilitation of persons who use or inhale intoxicating substances for the purpose of inducing or causing a state of intoxication;

a prison within the meaning of section 2 of the Prisons Act 1933;

a hospital or part of a hospital designated under section 3 of the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) Act 2008 to be a psychiatric institution;

a welfare home within the meaning of section 2(1) of the Destitute Persons Act 1989;

any other place as may be prescribed by the Minister charged with the responsibility for the Public Trustee’s department;“policy of insurance” includes a cover note;“Public Trustee” means the Public Trustee appointed under the provisions of the Public Trustee Act 1915 and includes a Deputy Public Trustee and an Assistant Public Trustee appointed under the provisions of that Act;“Registrar” means the Registrar of Vehicles or a Deputy Registrar or Assistant Registrar appointed under the provisions of the Road Traffic Act 1961;“relevant amount” means $5,000 or, where another amount has been prescribed under section 20 by the appropriate Minister for the purposes of sections 6(1), 9(1)(a) and (b) and 18(5), the prescribed amount;“road” means any public road and any other road to which the public has access, and includes bridges over which a road passes;“specified person” means —

for the purposes of section 6, a person who is entitled to the benefit of a payment, pursuant to a settlement agreement, mentioned in section 6(1) and who —

at the time the settlement agreement is made, is not represented by a public officer or an advocate and solicitor;

at the time of the making of the payment under section 6(2), is isolated in a hospital or other place under section 15(1) or (2) of the Infectious Diseases Act 1976; or

at the time of the making of the payment under section 6(2), is under legal custody in a place of detention; and

for the purposes of section 9, a person who is entitled to the benefit of a judgment referred to in section 9(1)(b) and who, at the time the judgment is given —

is below 21 years of age;

lacks capacity within the meaning of section 4 of the Mental Capacity Act 2008;

is not represented by a public officer or an advocate and solicitor;

is isolated in a hospital or other place under section 15(1) or (2) of the Infectious Diseases Act 1976; or

is under legal custody in a place of detention;“use” means use on any road.

Subject to the provisions of this Act, it is not lawful for any person to use or to cause or permit any other person to use —

If a person acts in contravention of this section, the person shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $1,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 months or to both.

A person convicted of an offence under this section is (unless the court for special reasons thinks fit to order otherwise and without affecting the power of the court to order a longer period of disqualification) to be disqualified from holding or obtaining a driving licence under the Road Traffic Act 1961 for a period of 12 months starting on the date of the person’s conviction or, if the person is sentenced to imprisonment, on the date of the person’s release from prison.

A person shall not be guilty of an offence under this section if the person proves —

A person disqualified by virtue of a conviction under this section or of an order made under this section from holding or obtaining a driving licence is for the purposes of Part 2 of the Road Traffic Act 1961 deemed to be disqualified by virtue of a conviction under the provisions of that Part.

This section does not apply —

This section does not extend to invalid carriages.

The Minister may, by order in the Gazette, amend the Schedule.

For the purposes of this Act, it is presumed, until the contrary is proved, that a person uses a motor vehicle on a road in Singapore if it is proved —

In subsection (1), “register of vehicles” means the register required by rules made under section 34 of the Road Traffic Act 1961 to be maintained by the Authority for the purposes of section 10 of that Act.