Road Traffic Act 1961 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 6 · Provisions as to Use of Highways
127A. Power to require evidence of identity in certain cases
Feedback & supportIf any person commits a prescribed offence in the view of the Registrar or an authorised officer, the Registrar or authorised officer may require the person to furnish evidence of his or her identity and the person must thereupon furnish any evidence of his or her identity that may be required by the Registrar or authorised officer.
Registrar
“Registrar” means the Registrar of Vehicles or the Deputy Registrar or an assistant registrar appointed under section 9;
Any person who —
refuses to furnish any evidence of identity required of him or her by the Registrar or an authorised officer under subsection (1); or
wilfully furnishes to the Registrar or authorised officer any information that is false,shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $500.
If any person refuses to furnish any evidence of his or her identity when required to do so under this section or if the Registrar or an authorised officer has reason to believe that any information furnished by the person is false, the Registrar or authorised officer may without warrant arrest the person.
No person arrested under subsection (3) may be detained longer than is necessary for bringing the person before a court unless the order of a court for his or her detention is obtained.
In this section —
“authorised officer” means any employee of the Authority or any other person who is duly authorised by the Registrar in writing to exercise the powers conferred on an authorised officer under this section;
“prescribed offence” means any offence under this Act or the rules that is prescribed by the Minister as an offence to which this section applies.
For the purpose of this section, the Registrar may, with the written approval of the Minister, authorise any employee of any omnibus operator to exercise the powers of an authorised officer under this section in respect of any prescribed offence that is committed within a bus interchange or on an omnibus.
Minister
“Minister” means —(a)except as provided in paragraphs (b) and (c), the Minister charged with the responsibility for land transport;(b)for the purposes of the whole of Parts 2 and 3 and sections 75(1), 82, 112(1), (3) and (4), 113(1) and (2), 114(1), 116(2), 121(2) and 143(3) and (11), the Minister charged with the responsibility for law and order; and(c)for the purposes of sections 131B(7), 135(2), 140(1) and (2), 142 and 142A(1), the Minister charged with the responsibility for land transport or the Minister charged with the responsibility for law and order, as appropriate;