Application for or to renew street‑hail service licences
12.—(1)  An application for or to renew a street‑hail service licence must be made to the LTA in accordance with this section.
(2)  An application for or to renew a street‑hail service licence must —
(a)be in the form and manner the LTA specifies;
(b)be accompanied by an application fee, if prescribed;
(c)contain —
(i)an address in Singapore at which notices and other documents under this Act for the applicant may be served; or
(ii)the name and address of one or more persons in Singapore authorised by the applicant to accept on the applicant’s behalf service of notices and other documents under this Act;
(d)state the construction or type of taxi used or to be used in the provision of the service; and
(e)be accompanied by the prescribed information, and any other additional information that the LTA requires to decide on the application.
(3)  The LTA may refuse to consider an application for or to renew a street‑hail service licence that is incomplete or not made in accordance with this section.
(4)  Upon receiving an application for or to renew a street‑hail service licence, the LTA may carry out, or arrange to be carried out by any authorised officer, such investigations and inquiries in relation to the application as the LTA considers necessary for a proper consideration of the application.
(5)  A person commits an offence if the person, being an applicant for the grant of a street‑hail service licence —
(a)provides, or causes or permits to be provided, any document or information in connection with the application which is false in a material particular; and
(b)knows or ought reasonably to know that, or is reckless as to whether, it is false or misleading in a material particular.
(6)  A person who is guilty of an offence under subsection (5) shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both.