Road Traffic Act - Singapore Statutes Online

Rules for purposes of this Part

48. The Minister may make rules for any purpose for which rules may be made under this Part and for prescribing anything which may be prescribed under this Part and otherwise for the purpose of carrying this Part into effect and, in particular, may make rules —

(a)	to regulate the granting of driving licences, to prescribe the form of application for and the contents of driving licences, to prescribe the fees to be charged therefor and the manner of payment thereof;
(b)	with respect to the nature of tests of competence to drive, to evidence of the result thereof and generally with respect thereto;
(c)	to require a person submitting himself for a test to provide a motor vehicle for the purpose thereof and to prescribe the fee to be charged for a test;
(d)	to ensure that a person submitting himself for a test and failing to pass that test shall not be eligible to submit himself for another test by the same or any other person before the expiration of a prescribed period except under an order made by a court under the power conferred by section 36(7);
(e)	to prescribe the record to be kept in respect of driving licences;
(f)	to provide special facilities for granting driving licences to persons not resident in Singapore;
(g)	for modifying the provisions of this Part relating to the licensing of drivers of motor vehicles in the case of persons resident abroad and who enter Singapore intending to make only a temporary stay in Singapore;
(h)	to make any particulars with respect to persons, who are disqualified from holding or obtaining driving licences or whose licences are suspended, available for use by the Deputy Commissioner of Police and to prevent a person holding more than one driving licence and to facilitate the identification of holders of driving licences and to provide for the issue of a new licence in the place of a driving licence lost or defaced on payment of such fee as may be prescribed and in connection with driving licences generally; and
(i)	to prescribe the circumstances in which a person may be required to be certified by a medical practitioner as fit to drive a vehicle or to pass any practical driving test before granting or renewing a driving licence. [7/90]

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