Singapore legislation

Regulation 16

of Road Traffic (Public Service Vehicles) (Vocational Licences and Conduct of Drivers, Conductors, Trishaw Riders and Passengers) Rules

Regulation 16

Display of licence or identification document

Amended byS 305/2003 wef 28/06/2003S 362/2017 wef 01/07/2017S 166/2023 wef 01/04/2023S 362/2017 wef 01/07/2017S 305/2003 wef 28/06/2003

Subregulation 1

Amended byS 305/2003 wef 28/06/2003S 362/2017 wef 01/07/2017S 166/2023 wef 01/04/2023

A licensee shall, at all times when he is acting as a driver or conductor of a vehicle (other than a chauffeured private hire car or a taxi) or as a trishaw rider, as the case may be, wear the licence issued to him (if not issued in electronic form) over the left breast in such manner that the particulars endorsed thereon are clearly exposed to view.

Subregulation 2

Paragraph (1) shall not apply to any licensee whose licence has been lost, destroyed or defaced or become obliterated if he has notified the Registrar to that effect and applied for a duplicate licence under rule 14.

Subregulation 3

Amended byS 362/2017 wef 01/07/2017

A licensee must, at all times when the licensee is acting as a chauffeured private hire car driver or a taxi driver, display such identification document as the Registrar may specify.

Subregulation 4

Amended byS 305/2003 wef 28/06/2003

Paragraph (3) shall not apply to any licensee whose identification document has been lost, destroyed or defaced or become obliterated if he has notified the Registrar to that effect and has not been issued with a replacement identification document.