Motor vehicle leaving Singapore without prescribed amount of motor fuel
136.—(1)  Except with the written permission of the Director‑General or an officer of customs authorised by the Director‑General for the purpose of this section, any person, being in charge of a motor vehicle registered under the Road Traffic Act 1961, who leaves or attempts to leave Singapore in that motor vehicle or with that motor vehicle in a vessel without such minimum amount of motor fuel in such of its fuel supply tanks as the Minister may by order prescribe shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $500.
[25/2011; 29/2018]
(2)  For the purposes of subsection (1) —
(a)where a motor vehicle is driven past the Customs gantry before the departure bay of the Immigration Checkpoint at any prescribed place, the person in charge of that motor vehicle is presumed, until the contrary is proved, to have attempted to leave Singapore in that motor vehicle or with that motor vehicle in a vessel, as the case may be;
(b)where a motor vehicle is fitted with an instrument or gauge which indicates or measures the amount of motor fuel in any fuel supply tank of the motor vehicle, the indication or measurement on that instrument or gauge is, until the contrary is proved, evidence of the amount of motor fuel in that fuel supply tank;
(c)the proper officer of customs may measure or otherwise ascertain the quantity of motor fuel carried in a fuel supply tank of any motor vehicle registered under the Road Traffic Act 1961.
[25/2011]
(3)  To avoid doubt, written permission under subsection (1) may be given to enable a person to leave Singapore without contravening that subsection, after the person has attempted to leave Singapore in contravention of that subsection, and without affecting any liability of the person for such attempt.
[29/2018]