Singapore legislation
Regulation 47
of Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Registration and Licensing) Rules
Regulation 47
Determination of passenger capacity
Subregulation 1
The seating capacity of any public service vehicle must be calculated in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3).
Subregulation 1A
The standing capacity of any omnibus, excursion bus, school bus, private hire bus or private bus must be calculated in accordance with paragraph (3A).
Subregulation 2
In determining the number of persons for whom any such vehicle has seating capacity (excluding the driver) —
where separate seats for each person are provided, one person shall be counted for each separate seat provided;
where the vehicle is fitted with continuous seats, one person shall be counted for each complete length of 400 mm measured on a straight line lengthwise on the rear of each such seat; and
where any such continuous seat is fitted with arms for the purpose of separating the seating spaces and the arms are so constructed that they can be folded back or otherwise put out of use, such seat shall be measured for the purposes of these Rules as if it had not been fitted with such arms.
Subregulation 3
In calculating the seating capacity of any motor vehicle the driver’s seat shall be excluded, and where the driver of a vehicle having a seating capacity for not more than 7 persons occupies a portion of a continuous seat, one person only shall be counted for the remaining portion of that seat, except where the Registrar otherwise permits.
Subregulation 3A
In determining the number of persons for whom any omnibus, excursion bus, school bus, private hire bus or private bus has standing capacity, that number is the lower of the following, rounded down to the nearest whole number:
the number computed using the following formula:where Ais the total standing space in the vehicle, in square metres (m2); andBis 0.15 m2, which is deemed to represent the standing space available for one standing passenger;
the number computed using the following formula:where Ais the maximum laden weight of the vehicle, in kilograms;Bis the unladen weight of the vehicle, in kilograms;Cis the seating capacity of the vehicle; andDis 60 kilograms, which is deemed to represent the weight of one passenger.
Subregulation 4
The number of passengers carried on —
a motor vehicle, other than a vehicle mentioned in sub‑paragraph (b), must not exceed its licensed seating capacity; and
an omnibus, excursion bus, school bus, private hire bus or private bus must not exceed its licensed seating capacity and standing capacity.
Subregulation 5
For the purposes of paragraph (4) —
infants in arms shall not be reckoned as passengers;
where children below the age of 12 years are carried on a motor vehicle, other than an omnibus, excursion bus, school bus, private hire bus, private bus or taxi, 3 of such children may be reckoned as 2 passengers;
(ba)where a continuous seat of an omnibus, excursion bus, school bus, private hire bus or private bus has a seating capacity for 2 passengers, this seat may be occupied by 3 children below the age of 12 years; and
where the rear passenger seat of a taxi has a seating capacity for 3 adult persons, such seat shall be deemed to have a seating capacity for 2 adult persons and 2 children below the age of 12 years.
Subregulation 6
[Deleted by S 330/2018 wef 31/05/2018]