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Road Traffic Act 1961 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 4 · General Provisions Relating to Road Traffic

71B. Deputy Commissioner of Police may require registered medical practitioner to send blood specimen for laboratory test

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Amended

Last amended by an amending law of 2023. 2 amendments in all.

(1)

Despite anything in section 69 or 71A, where a person —

(a)

was the driver of or attempted to drive or was in charge of a motor vehicle on a road or other public place when an accident occurred —

(i)

between that motor vehicle and one or more other motor vehicles; or

(ii)

causing any injury or death to another person; and

(b)

as a result of any injury sustained by the person in the accident or any other cause is unable to provide a specimen of the person’s breath under section 69 or to give the person’s consent to a specimen of blood being taken from the person for analysis,any registered medical practitioner treating the person for the person’s injury must, if so directed by the Deputy Commissioner of Police, cause any specimen of blood taken by the registered medical practitioner from such person in connection with the person’s treatment to be sent for a laboratory test to determine the proportion of alcohol or of any drug, psychoactive substance or intoxicating substance in the specimen.

(2)

In proceedings for an offence under section 67 or 68, evidence of the proportion of alcohol or of any drug, psychoactive substance or intoxicating substance in a specimen of blood analysed pursuant to this section is to be taken into account.

(3)

Evidence of the proportion of alcohol or of any drug, psychoactive substance or intoxicating substance in a specimen of blood analysed under this section may, subject to subsection (4), be given by the production of a document purporting to be a certificate signed by an authorised analyst as to the proportion of alcohol, drug, psychoactive substance or intoxicating substance found in the specimen of blood identified in the certificate.

(4)

The provisions of section 71A(5), (6) and (7) apply, with the necessary modifications, to a certificate mentioned in subsection (3) as they apply to a document or certificate mentioned in section 71A(3).

Terms defined in this Act

authorised analyst
Defined · s 72
“authorised analyst” means any registered medical practitioner, scientific officer or chemist who is employed in a hospital or laboratory to carry out analyses of blood;
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Deputy Commissioner of Police
Defined · s 2
“Deputy Commissioner of Police”, in relation to any provision of this Act or rules or any other subsidiary legislation made under this Act, means the Deputy Commissioner of Police designated by the Commissioner of Police for the purposes of that provision, and includes any police officer who —(a)is not below the rank of sergeant; and(b)is authorised under the hand of the Deputy Commissioner of Police for the purposes of that provision, to exercise the powers of that Deputy Commissioner of Police;
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intoxicating substance
Defined · s 72
“intoxicating substance” has the meaning given by the Intoxicating Substances Act 1987;
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motor vehicle
Defined · s 2
“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;
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public place
Defined · s 2
“public place” means any place or premises, whether privately owned or not, to which the general public or any section of the general public is permitted to have access, whether on payment or otherwise;
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registered medical practitioner
Defined · s 2
“registered medical practitioner” has the meaning given by the Medical Registration Act 1997;
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road
Defined · s 2
“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;
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Details

Road Traffic Act 1961 · s 71B

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Judgments that cite this Act

100 in all

Waiting to learn the likely sentence before pleading guilty earns a smaller discount SummaryTan Zhi Wei v Public Prosecutor and another appeal · [2026] SGHC 181
A five-day jail term for driving without reasonable consideration was cut to one day SummaryTan Kai Yuan v Public Prosecutor · [2026] SGHC 152
A prison term started sooner so the community phase of rehabilitation stayed open SummaryRachmat Hidayat bin Edy Juju v Public Prosecutor · [2026] SGHC 142

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Singapore Statutes Online · Road Traffic Act 1961, 2020 Revised Edition. Reader record updated on 7 Oct 2026.

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