Point-to-Point Passenger Transport Industry Act 2019 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 2 · Unauthorised Activities
9. Unauthorised provision of street‑hail services
Feedback & supportA person commits an offence if the person provides in Singapore a street‑hail service when the person —
street‑hail service
“street‑hail service” means a passenger transport service —(a)provided using motor vehicles which are taxis, 2 or more of which at any time in a year are taxis owned by the provider of that service; and(b)under which any individual can hail or hire on‑demand such a motor vehicle when it is —(i)standing or plying for hire on a road; and(ii)authorised under this Act or the Road Traffic Act 1961 to stand or ply for hire on a road (whether or not the motor vehicle is hired by other means for the purposes of providing that passenger transport service).
is not authorised to do so by a street‑hail service licence; and
is not exempt from this section by an order under section 52 in relation to that service.
The offence under subsection (1) is a strict liability offence.
A person who is guilty of an offence under subsection (1) shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both and, in the case of a continuing offence, to a further fine not exceeding $500 for every day or part of a day during which the offence continues after conviction.
For the purposes of this section, a licensee of a street‑hail service licence is not authorised by its licence to provide a street‑hail service during the period the licence is suspended.