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Formal Consolidation |  2012 RevEd
Appointment of public transport officials
24A.—(1)  The Council may, with the approval of the Minister, in writing appoint any person or class of persons to be public transport officials for the purposes of this Part.
[37/2005]
(2)  Any public transport official may do one or more of the following:
(a)require any person making use of any bus service or rapid transit system service to produce a ticket for inspection;
(b)subject to any specific or general direction given by the Council, require any person who has made use of any bus service or rapid transit system service without paying the appropriate fare for the distance which he has travelled to pay a penalty fee of such amount as may be prescribed by the Council;
(c)issue a notice, in such form as may be approved by the Council, to the person referred to in paragraph (b), requiring that person to pay the penalty fee within such time and at such place as may be specified in the notice.
[37/2005]
Informal Consolidation | Amended Act 31 of 2015
Appointment of public transport officials
24A.—(1)  The Council may, with the approval of the Minister, in writing appoint any employee or class of employees of a public bus operator, a licensed rapid transit system operator or the Council to be public transport officials for the purposes of this Part.
[Act 31 of 2015 wef 29/02/2016]
[37/2005]
(2)  The Council may also appoint any employee or class of employees of the LTA to be public transport officials for bus services that the LTA operates in Singapore.
[Act 31 of 2015 wef 29/02/2016]
(3)  Subject to the directions of the Council under subsection (5), a public transport official may require any individual who is travelling or attempting to travel on, or has travelled on —
(a)any bus that is part of a bus service provided by a public bus operator; or
(b)any train that is part of a train service provided by a licensed rapid transit system,
to produce to the public transport official the individual’s ticket for the journey for inspection and, if the ticket is a concession ticket, evidence of the individual’s entitlement to the concession.
[Act 31 of 2015 wef 29/02/2016]
(4)  Subject to the directions of the Council under subsection (5), a public transport official may seize any ticket produced under subsection (3) if the public transport official has reason to believe that the ticket is an invalid ticket.
[Act 31 of 2015 wef 29/02/2016]
(5)  The Council may give directions to public transport officials in relation to the offering of an opportunity to pay penalty fees under section 24C and the exercise of any of their powers under this Part.
[Act 31 of 2015 wef 29/02/2016]