Singapore legislation
Regulation 22A
Regulation 22A
Prohibition on soliciting or loitering to solicit passengers
Subregulation 1
Subject to paragraph (2), a person licensed to drive a specified vehicle shall not, in a public place —
loiter for the purpose of soliciting passengers, by any means, for any specified vehicle; or
solicit passengers, other than by means of advertisement, for any specified vehicle.
Subregulation 2
Paragraph (1) does not apply where the person referred to in that paragraph loiters or solicits passengers with the consent in writing of the owner or operator of the public place, in accordance with the terms of such consent.
Subregulation 3
In this rule —
Definition
“advertisement” means solicitation by the following means:
publication in a newspaper, magazine, journal or other periodical;
display of posters or notices;
circulars, handbills, brochures, pamphlets, books or other documents;
letters addressed to individuals, bodies corporate or bodies unincorporate;
photographs or cinematograph films; or
sound broadcasting, television, the Internet or other media;
Definition
“specified vehicle” means a chauffeured private hire car, an excursion bus, an omnibus, a private hire bus or a school bus.