Singapore legislation
Regulation 105
of Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Construction and Use) Rules
Regulation 105
Maintenance of lighting equipment and reflectors
Subregulation 1
Every lamp and reflector and all other equipment with which a motor vehicle is required by rules 26 to 32 to be equipped shall at all times while the vehicle is used on a road be maintained in such a condition as to render the vehicle capable of being driven on a road during the hours of darkness without contravention of the provisions of any written law relating to such lamp, reflector or equipment which are applicable to that vehicle.
Subregulation 2
Where a person is charged with a contravention of paragraph (1) in respect of the use of a motor vehicle on a road otherwise than during the hours of darkness, it shall be a good defence for that person to prove that —
the contravention arose from a defect in the lighting equipment of, or in a reflector carried by, the vehicle which occurred in the course of the journey during which the contravention occurred; or
the contravention arose from a defect in the lighting equipment of, or in a reflector carried by, the vehicle and that before, the contravention occurred, steps had been taken to have the defect remedied with all reasonable expedition.
Subregulation 3
No reversing lamp shall be lit except when the vehicle is travelling backwards.