45. Tyres

Subject to paragraph (2), every wheel of a motor vehicle or trailer when the trailer is being drawn on a road shall be equipped with a pneumatic tyre of a suitable size or design.

In the case of any of the following vehicles every wheel thereof shall be fitted with a pneumatic tyre, or a tyre of soft or elastic material of a suitable size and design:

motor tractors, light locomotives and heavy locomotives;

motor vehicles or trailers designed for use solely in connection with street cleansing, or the collection or disposal of refuse or of the contents of drains, gullies, latrines or cess-pools;

special purpose vehicles for fire fighting or rescue purposes; and

[Deleted by S 83/2006 wef 15/02/2006]

motor cars each not exceeding 1.5 metric tons in weight unladen.

Subject to paragraph (2), every wheel of a motor vehicle or trailer when the trailer is being drawn on a road shall be equipped with a pneumatic tyre of a suitable size or design.

In the case of any of the following vehicles every wheel thereof shall be fitted with a pneumatic tyre, or a tyre of soft or elastic material of a suitable size and design:

motor tractors, light locomotives and heavy locomotives;

motor vehicles or trailers designed for use solely in connection with street cleansing, or the collection or disposal of refuse or of the contents of drains, gullies, latrines or cess-pools;

special purpose vehicles for fire fighting or rescue purposes; and

[Deleted by S 83/2006 wef 15/02/2006]

motor cars each not exceeding 1.5 metric tons in weight unladen.