Singapore legislation
Regulation 20
of Environmental Protection and Management (Vehicular Emissions) Regulations
Regulation 20
Excessive noise
Subregulation 1
No person shall use or cause or permit to be used on a road any motor vehicle that does not conform to the standard for noise emission specified under regulation 7 for the class of motor vehicle to which that motor vehicle belongs.
Subregulation 2
Any person who contravenes paragraph (1) shall be guilty of an offence.
Subregulation 3
Where a person is charged with an offence under paragraph (1), it shall be good defence for that person if —
he can prove that the noise or continuance of the noise from the motor vehicle was due to some temporary or accidental cause which could not have been prevented through due diligence and care on the part of the owner or driver of the vehicle; or
where the person is the driver or the person not being the owner of the motor vehicle has charge of the vehicle, he can prove that the noise arose through a defect in the design or construction of the vehicle or trailer or through the negligence or fault of some other person whose duty was to keep the motor vehicle or trailer in proper condition or in a proper state of repair or adjustment or properly to pack or adjust the load of such motor vehicle or trailer, and could not have been prevented through due diligence and care on the part of that driver or other person in charge of the vehicle.