Road Traffic Act 1961 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 4 · General Provisions Relating to Road Traffic
67A. Enhanced penalties for offenders with previous convictions under certain sections
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If —
a person having been convicted of 2 or more specified offences is again convicted of any one of the specified offences (whether or not the same specified offence); and
the court is satisfied, by reason of the person’s previous convictions or the person’s antecedents, that it is expedient for the protection of the public or with the view to the prevention of further commission of any such offence that a punishment in excess of that prescribed for such a conviction should be awarded,the court may punish the offender with punishment not exceeding 3 times the amount of punishment to which he or she would otherwise have been liable for the conviction except that where imprisonment is imposed it shall not exceed 10 years.
This section does not apply to a person who has been convicted of an offence under section 63(4) unless the court is satisfied that in committing the offence and the offence in respect of which he or she had been previously convicted, he or she had driven a motor vehicle on a road at a speed which exceeded by more than 40 kilometres per hour the speed limit imposed by or in exercise of powers conferred by this Act.
motor vehicle
“motor vehicle” means a vehicle that —(a)is propelled wholly or partly by a motor or by any means other than human or animal power; and(b)is used or intended to be used on any road;
In subsection (1) —[Deleted by Act 21 of 2025 wef 17/08/2026]
“specified offence” means an offence under —
section 43(4), 47(5), 47C(7), 63(4), 64(1) (as in force immediately before the date of commencement of section 5 of the Road Traffic (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2025), 67(1) or 70(4) that is committed whether before, on or after 1 November 2019;
road
“road” means any public road and any other road to which the public has access, and includes —(a)any road within Pulau Bukom;(b)any road within the limits of any installation of the Singapore Armed Forces declared by the Minister by notification in the Gazette to be an installation to which this Act applies;(c)any bridge over which a road passes; and(d)any road, to which the public does not have access, which the Minister charged with the responsibility for transport prescribes, by notification in the Gazette, to be a road to which this Act applies;
section 65(1) (as in force immediately before the date of commencement of section 5 of the Road Traffic (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2025) or 68(1) that is committed on or after 1 November 2019; (ba)section 64(2), (3) or (4) or 65(2), (3) or (4) that is committed on or after the date of commencement of section 5 of the Road Traffic (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2025; or
section 43(4), 64(1), 66(1) or 67(1) as in force immediately before 1 November 2019.
Despite any provision to the contrary in the Criminal Procedure Code 2010, a District Court or Magistrate’s Court may award the full punishment prescribed by this section.