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Formal Consolidation |  2012 RevEd
Failure to pay taxi fare
24D.  Any person who, having made use of a taxi service and without reasonable excuse, fails or refuses to pay the fare as indicated on the taximeter shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $1,000 and, in the case of a second or subsequent offence, to a fine not exceeding $2,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both.
[37/2005]
Informal Consolidation | Amended Act 20 of 2019
Offence of non-payment of ride‑hail fare or street‑hail fare
24D.—(1)  A passenger of a taxi commits an offence if —
(a)the passenger is transported on a journey within or partly within Singapore in the taxi provided in the course of a street‑hail service; and
(b)the passenger, without reasonable excuse, fails or refuses, at the end of the journey and after a demand by the driver of the taxi, to pay the street‑hail fare for the journey which is collectible under this Act.
(2)  A passenger of a bookable vehicle commits an offence if —
(a)the passenger is transported on a journey within or partly within Singapore in the bookable vehicle provided in the course of an on‑demand passenger transport service to which a ride‑hail service relates; and
(b)the passenger, without reasonable excuse, fails or refuses, at the end of the journey and after a demand by the driver of the bookable vehicle, to pay the ride‑hail fare for the journey which is collectible under this Act.
(3)  A passenger who is guilty of an offence under subsection (1) or (2) shall be liable on conviction either —
(a)to a fine not exceeding $1,000; or
(b)where the person is a repeat offender, to a fine not exceeding $2,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both.
(4)  A person is a repeat offender in relation to an offence under subsection (1) if the person who is convicted, or found guilty, of an offence under that provision (called the current offence) has been convicted or found guilty, before the date on which the person is convicted or found guilty of the current offence, of any of the following offences:
(a)an offence under subsection (1);
(b)an offence under section 24D as in force before the date of commencement of section 59(6) of the Point‑to‑Point Passenger Transport Industry Act 2019.
(5)  A person is a repeat offender in relation to an offence under subsection (2) if the person who is convicted, or found guilty, of an offence under that provision (called the current offence) has been convicted or found guilty, before the date on which the person is convicted or found guilty of the current offence, of any of the following offences:
(a)an offence under subsection (2);
(b)an offence under section 24D as in force before the date of commencement of section 59(6) of the Point‑to‑Point Passenger Transport Industry Act 2019.
[Act 20 of 2019 wef 30/10/2020]