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Formal Consolidation |  2012 RevEd
Bus, taxi and rapid transit system fares
23.—(1)  Subject to subsection (2), no person shall be entitled to demand and take any bus, taxi or rapid transit system fare that is not approved by the Council under section 24(3) or 24AA(2)(a).
[29/95; 29/99; 17/2008]
(2)  Subsection (1) shall not prevent any person from demanding or taking a lower fare than that approved by the Council in circumstances not proscribed by the Council.
[29/99; 17/2008]
(3)  If any dispute arises as to the fare calculated according to distance, the dispute may be referred to the Council or to the officer-in-charge of any police station whose decision shall be final, and any certificate issued by the Council or the police officer with regard thereto shall be admissible in evidence.
[29/99]
(4)  Any person who demands or takes or attempts to take any money in contravention of subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $2,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both.
[29/99; 37/2005; 17/2008]
(5)  Where the Council has suspended any approval for any bus fare, taxi fare or rapid transit system fare under section 24(5), the bus fare, taxi fare or rapid transit system fare shall, for the duration of the suspension, be deemed not to be an approved fare for the purposes of this section.
[17/2008]
Informal Consolidation | Amended Act 20 of 2019
Bus, train, street‑hail and ride‑hail fares
23.—(1)  A person must not demand or take from a bus passenger, for any bus service involving the carriage of the passenger on a bus and operated by the person, or by the person on behalf of the licensed bus operator of the bus service, a bus fare that —
(a)is more than the maximum price approved under section 24 or 24AA for that bus service;
(b)is inconsistent with any part of the pricing policy set or approved under section 24 or 24AA for that bus service; or
(c)is different from the bus fare last published by the licensed bus operator for that bus service.
[Act 31 of 2015 wef 22/01/2016]
(1A)  A person must not demand or take from a train passenger, for any train service involving the carriage of the passenger on a train and operated by the person, or by the person on behalf of the licensed rapid transit system operator, a train fare that —
(a)is more than the maximum price approved under section 24 or 24AA for that train service;
(b)is inconsistent with any part of the pricing policy set or approved under section 24 or 24AA for that train service; or
(c)is different from the train fare last published by the licensed rapid transit system operator for that train service.
[Act 31 of 2015 wef 22/01/2016]
(2)  A person must not initiate the collection of, or collect, a street‑hail fare for a passenger’s journey in a taxi provided in the course of a street‑hail service if the street‑hail fare —
(a)is inconsistent with any part of the pricing policy set under section 23B for that street‑hail service; or
(b)is more than the street‑hail fare last published by the street‑hail service licensee authorised to provide that street‑hail service.
[Act 20 of 2019 wef 30/10/2020]
(2A)  A person must not initiate the collection of, or collect, a ride‑hail fare for a passenger’s journey in a bookable vehicle provided in the course of an on‑demand passenger transport service relating to a ride‑hail service if the ride‑hail fare —
(a)is inconsistent with any part of the pricing policy set under section 23D for that ride‑hail service; or
(b)is more than the ride‑hail fare last published by the ride‑hail service licensee authorised to provide that ride‑hail service.
[Act 20 of 2019 wef 30/10/2020]
(2B)  A street‑hail service licensee or ride‑hail service licensee which offers to the public, or any section of the public, as the case may be —
(a)any street‑hail service for any street‑hail fare that is inconsistent with any part of the pricing policy set under section 23B for that street‑hail service; or
(b)any ride‑hail service for any ride‑hail fare that is inconsistent with any part of the pricing policy set under section 23D for that ride‑hail service,
shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $100,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both.
[Act 20 of 2019 wef 30/10/2020]
(3)  If any dispute arises as to the fare calculated according to distance, the dispute may be referred to the Council or to the officer-in-charge of any police station whose decision shall be final, and any certificate issued by the Council or the police officer with regard thereto shall be admissible in evidence.
(4)  Any person who demands or takes or attempts to take any money in contravention of subsection (1), (1A), (2) or (2A) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $2,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both.
[Act 31 of 2015 wef 22/01/2016]
[Act 20 of 2019 wef 30/10/2020]
(4A)  To avoid doubt, an offence under this section is a strict liability offence.
[Act 20 of 2019 wef 30/10/2020]
(5)  For the purposes of this section, where the Council revokes or suspends its approval of any bus fare or train fare under section 24(4) or (5)(a) (called in this section the replaced fare) —
(a)the last revocation revives the bus fare or train fare approved (if any) by the Council previous to it approving the replaced fare, and with effect from the revocation, the bus fare or train fare revived is to be regarded as an approved maximum price for the fare; or
(b)for the period of suspension, the bus fare or train fare approved by the Council previous to the suspension of the replaced fare is revived, and for that period, the replaced bus fare or train fare is not to be regarded as an approved maximum price for the fare.
[Act 31 of 2015 wef 22/01/2016]
(6)  To avoid doubt, subsections (1) and (4) bind —
(a)the Land Transport Authority of Singapore in respect of every public bus services contract it is a party to, or when the Land Transport Authority of Singapore operates a bus service, as if it is the bus operator in that subsection;
(b)every public bus operator providing bus services under a public bus services contract as if it is the bus operator in that subsection; and
(c)every employee of the Land Transport Authority of Singapore or a bus operator referred to in paragraph (b) employed to deliver those bus services.
[Act 31 of 2015 wef 22/01/2016]
[Act 31 of 2015 wef 22/01/2016]
[Act 20 of 2019 wef 30/10/2020]