Road Traffic Act 1961 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 4 · General Provisions Relating to Road Traffic
93. Power to examine vehicles
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Any police officer in uniform or an outsourced enforcement officer may, for the purpose of ensuring that any vehicle or trailer that is being used on a road complies with this Act or the rules, at any time —
police officer
“police officer” includes any person employed for police duties in the Singapore Police Force constituted under the Police Force Act 2004;
examine the vehicle or trailer or the licence relating thereto; or
order the owner or driver of the vehicle or trailer to deliver the same for an inspection by such person and at such time and place as the police officer or outsourced enforcement officer (as the case may be) may specify.
Any person who obstructs a police officer or an outsourced enforcement officer (as the case may be) in the exercise of his or her powers under subsection (1)(a) or fails to comply with any order given by the police officer or outsourced enforcement officer (as the case may be) under subsection (1)(b) shall be guilty of an offence.
outsourced enforcement officer
“outsourced enforcement officer”, in relation to any provision of this Act or subsidiary legislation made under this Act, means an individual who —(a)is appointed under section 11 of the Land Transport Authority of Singapore Act 1995;(b)is authorised by or under that Act to exercise any powers under any provision of this Act or subsidiary legislation made under this Act, as the case may be; and(c)is acting within that authorisation;