Road Traffic (Amendment) Act 1989 - Singapore Statutes Online

REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE

GOVERNMENT GAZETTE

ACTS SUPPLEMENT

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NO. 17]

Friday, April 14

[1989

The following Act was passed by Parliament on 7th April 1989 and assented to by the President on 13th April 1989:—

Road Traffic (Amendment) Act 1989

(No. 20 of 1989)

I assent.

WEE KIM WEE

President.

13th April 1989.

Date of Commencement: 17th April 1989

An Act to amend the Road Traffic Act (Chapter 276 of the 1985 Revised Edition).

Be it enacted by the President with the advice and consent of the Parliament of Singapore, as follows:

Short title and commencement

1. This Act may be cited as the Road Traffic (Amendment) Act 1989 and shall come into operation on such date as the Minister may, by notification in the Gazette, appoint.

Amendment of section 2

2. Section 2(1) of the Road Traffic Act (referred to in this Act as the principal Act) is amended by inserting, immediately after the definition of “Minister”, the following definition:

“ “motor spirit” has the same meaning as in the Customs Act (Cap. 70);”.

Amendment of section 6

3. Section 6 of the principal Act is amended by deleting paragraph (f) and substituting the following paragraph:

“(f)

to regulate the appliances to be fitted —

(i)	for signalling the approach of a vehicle or enabling the driver of a motor vehicle to become aware of the approach of another vehicle from the rear;
(ii)	for intimating any intended change of speed or direction of a motor vehicle; or
(iii)	for measuring or indicating or measuring and indicating the amount of motor spirit in the fuel tank of a motor vehicle,

and to regulate or prohibit the use of any such appliance and to secure that they shall be efficient and kept in proper working order;”.

New section 6A

4. The principal Act is amended by inserting, immediately after section 6, the following section:

“Alteration of fuel-measuring equipment

6A.—(1) No person shall alter the fuel-measuring equipment of a motor vehicle for the purpose of preventing the fuel-measuring equipment from duly measuring or indicating the quantity of motor spirit in the fuel supply tank of the motor vehicle.

(2) Any person who contravenes or fails to comply with subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 months.

(3) Where there is found any artificial or mechanical means which, either alone or in conjunction with additional artificial or mechanical means not found, could be used for altering or facilitating the alteration of the index of the fuel-measuring equipment, or which would make the fuel-measuring equipment false or unjust in measuring or indicating the quantity of motor spirit in the fuel supply tank of that motor vehicle, the person having custody or control of the motor vehicle at the time such artificial or mechanical means are found shall be presumed, until the contrary is proved, to have abetted the alteration of the fuel-measuring equipment in contravention of subsection (1).

(4) In this section, “fuel-measuring equipment”, in relation to a motor vehicle, means any instrument or appliance, or a combination of instruments or appliances, capable of or constructed for measuring or indicating or measuring and indicating the quantity of motor spirit in the fuel supply tank of the motor vehicle and includes in particular any fuel gauge or fuel sensoring device.”.

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