Clause 22

Section 51 of the principal Act is hereby repealed and the following substituted therefor: —“Application to vehicles belonging to the Government and the armed forces

51. This Part shall subject as otherwise provided apply to vehicles, trailers and persons in the service of the Government or of any visiting force lawfully present in Singapore and for the purpose of proceedings for an offence in connection with any such vehicle or trailer against any person other than the driver of the vehicle the person nominated in that behalf by the department in whose service the vehicle or trailer is used shall be deemed to be the person actually responsible unless it is shown to the satisfaction of the court that the driver only was responsible:Provided that in the case of motor vehicles owned by the Government or by any visiting force lawfully present in Singapore and used for naval, military or air force purposes or in the case of motor vehicles so used while being driven by persons for the time being subject to the orders of any member of the armed forces in Singapore the Minister may by rules, subject to such conditions as may be specified in the rules, vary in relation to any such vehicles as aforesaid while being driven as aforesaid the provisions of this Act or of any rule, order or notification imposing a speed limit on motor vehicles and the provisions of this Part which respectively —