Singapore legislation

Regulation 5

of Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Driving Licences) Rules

Regulation 5

Validity of Class 4, 4P, 4A, 4AP, 5 and 5P driving licences where holder attains prescribed age

Amended byS 794/2015 wef 01/01/2016S 340/2025 wef 01/06/2025S 794/2015 wef 01/01/2016S 340/2025 wef 01/06/2025S 794/2015 wef 01/01/2016S 340/2025 wef 01/06/2025S 46/2015 wef 01/02/2015S 340/2025 wef 01/06/2025

Subregulation 1

Amended byS 794/2015 wef 01/01/2016S 340/2025 wef 01/06/2025

A person who has attained 75 years of age shall not drive a Class 4, 4P, 4A, 4AP, 5 or 5P vehicle.

Subregulation 2

Amended byS 794/2015 wef 01/01/2016S 340/2025 wef 01/06/2025

A Class 4, 4P, 4A, 4AP, 5 or 5P driving licence ceases to be in force on the date the holder of the driving licence attains 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73 or 74 years of age, unless the holder —

(a)

within 2 months before attaining any such age, undergoes a medical examination referred to in rule 5A(1) at his own expense;

(b)

submits to the Deputy Commissioner of Police, within such time as the Deputy Commissioner of Police may require but in any event no later than the date before the holder attains any such age, a certification by the registered medical practitioner who conducted the medical examination that the holder is physically fit to drive a vehicle of that class; and

(c)

within 2 months before attaining any such age, passes the whole or such part of the Proficiency Driving Test as may be required by the Deputy Commissioner of Police.

Subregulation 2AA

[Deleted by S 340/2025 wef 01/06/2025]

Subregulation 2A

Amended byS 794/2015 wef 01/01/2016S 340/2025 wef 01/06/2025

For the purpose of paragraph (2)(c), a holder of a Class 4, 4P, 4A, 4AP, 5 or 5P driving licence passes the whole or such part (as the case may be) of the Proficiency Driving Test if the holder meets, to the satisfaction of the person conducting the test, the requirements to pass the whole or such part of that test.

Subregulation 3

Amended byS 46/2015 wef 01/02/2015S 340/2025 wef 01/06/2025

For the purpose of paragraph (2)(c), the Deputy Commissioner of Police may, in special circumstances, waive any of the requirements specified in the Proficiency Driving Test.