Singapore legislation
Clause 38
Clause 38
Use of motor vehicles at referendum
(1)
Subject to the provisions of this section, a person shall not either let, lend, employ, hire, borrow or use any motor vehicle for the purpose of conveyance of electors or voters to or from any polling station and a person knowingly acting in contravention of this section shall be guilty of an illegal practice under this Ordinance.
(2)
Nothing in this section shall prevent any person employing a motor vehicle for the purpose of conveying to or from any polling station himself or any member of his family.
(3)
For the purposes of subsection (2) of this section the expression “member of his family” means a person’s spouse, parents and children.
(4)
During the hours of the voting on polling day no person shall park a motor vehicle within one hundred yards of any polling station other than a motor vehicle used for the conveyance of any sick, infirm or disabled person for such time as is reasonably necessary to enable such person to cast his vote or any motor vehicle used by the Superintendent or his staff or by any police officer.
(5)
Any person who contravenes the provisions of subsection (4) of this section shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars.
(6)
A police officer in uniform may, save as hereinafter provided, arrest without warrant any person in charge of or driving a motor vehicle, who has committed or is suspected of having committed an offence under this section.
(7)
The power of arrest under subsection (6) of this section shall not be exercised if either —
such person on the demand of the police officer produces his driving licence so as to enable such officer to ascertain the name and address of the holder of the licence, the date of issue and the authority by which it was issued; or
such person, not being a paid driver or the driver of a motor vehicle used for the carriage of passengers for hire or reward or for the carriage of goods, gives such officer his name and a place of address within Singapore:Provided that if such officer has reason to suspect that a name or address so ascertained or given is false he may, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this subsection provided, exercise the power of arrest under the provisions of subsection (6) of this section.