Singapore legislation
Clause 10
Clause 10
Amendment of section 65B
In the RT Act, in section 65B —
(a)
in the section heading, replace “Use of” with “Holding”;
(b)
in subsection (1), delete “and operates any of its communicative or other functions,”;
(c)
after subsection (1A), insert —“(1B) To avoid doubt, for the purposes of subsection (1), a driver who touches with his or her hand a mobile communication device which is secured in a mounting affixed to the vehicle, in the manner intended by the manufacturer of the mounting, does not hold the device.”; and
(d)
in subsection (3), in the definition of “repeat offender”, replace paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) with —“(a)an offence under subsection (1); or
(b)
an offence under section 65B as in force immediately before 1 February 2015,”.