Singapore legislation
Regulation 13
Regulation 13
Offences
Subregulation 1
Any person who, when bringing or attempting to bring a motor car in respect of which a road-user charge referred to in rule 11 is payable out of Singapore —
fails to comply with rule 12(1);
in purported compliance with rule 12(1), inserts into a card machine at the relevant checkpoint a vehicle entry card the stored value of which is less than the road-user charge payable under rule 11 after deducting any toll for that motor car,shall be guilty of an offence.
Subregulation 2
Where the Registrar or an authorised officer has reason to believe that a person has committed an offence under paragraph (1) —
the Registrar or authorised officer may, by notice or otherwise, require the person to pay, in such manner as the Registrar may require, the road-user charge payable under rule 11 by the person and an administrative charge of $10; and
if the person complies with the requirement under sub‑paragraph (a), the person shall not be guilty of the offence.
Subregulation 3
In any proceedings for an offence under paragraph (1)(b), it is a defence for the defendant to prove —
that the road-user charge, or any road-user charge that cannot be deducted from the stored value of the vehicle entry card under rule 12(1), was not incurred by the defendant; or
that the defendant did not know and could not reasonably have discovered that the stored value of the vehicle entry card was insufficient.
Subregulation 4
In this rule, “authorised officer” means an officer authorised by the Registrar to administer and enforce this Part.