Road Traffic Act 1961 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 2 · Licensing of Drivers and Riders
47M. Production of false, etc., competency test certificate
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An individual riding a test‑needed‑to‑ride‑on‑road vehicle on a road who, in purported compliance with any order given to the individual under section 47L(1) by a police officer or duly authorised person —
test‑needed‑to‑ride‑on‑road vehicle
“test‑needed‑to‑ride‑on‑road vehicle” means —(a)a bicycle or power‑assisted bicycle within a class or description of bicycle or power‑assisted bicycle that is prescribed for the purposes of Division 2A of Part 3 of the Active Mobility Act 2017; or(b)a road‑only PAB;
produces to a police officer or duly authorised person —
police officer
“police officer” includes any person employed for police duties in the Singapore Police Force constituted under the Police Force Act 2004;
a competency test certificate that is altered in a way that is calculated to deceive (whether or not it was already a false document before the alteration or it was altered by the individual), knowing that it is so altered;
competency test certificate
“competency test certificate”, for a class or description of test‑needed‑to‑ride‑on‑road vehicle, means —(a)for any road-only PAB — a certificate granted under section 47H(1) certifying that an individual has passed the prescribed test of competence for that class or description of power‑assisted bicycle; or(b)for any other test‑needed-to‑ride‑on‑road vehicle, which is either a bicycle or power‑assisted bicycle — a certificate granted under section 23F of the Active Mobility Act 2017 certifying that an individual has passed the test of competence prescribed under that Act for that class or description of bicycle or power‑assisted bicycle;
an article resembling a competency test certificate and calculated to deceive, knowing that the article is not a competency test certificate; or
a competency test certificate that was not granted to the individual, knowing that it was not so granted to that individual; and
with the intention of dishonestly inducing the police officer or duly authorised person to accept it as genuine,commits an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both.