Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill

Bill No. 21/1970

Read the first time on 21st May 1970.

An Act to amend the Road Traffic Ordinance, 1961 (No. 26 of 1961).

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, 1970, 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 of the Road Traffic Ordinance, 1961 (hereinafter in this Act referred to as “the Ordinance”) is hereby amended by deleting the definition of “weight unladen” appearing therein and substituting therefor the following: —

“ “weight unladen” means the weight of a vehicle inclusive of the body and all parts (the heavier being taken where alternative bodies or parts are used) which are necessary to or ordinarily used with the vehicle when working on a road but exclusive of any drivers or attendants.”.

New section 28A

3. The Ordinance is hereby amended by inserting immediately after section 28 thereof the following new section: —

“Driving a motor vehicle which emits excessive smoke

28A.—(1) If any smoke or visible vapour is emitted from any motor vehicle used on a road and the emission thereof causes or is likely to cause annoyance or danger to the public, or injury or damage to any person or property, the owner and the driver of such vehicle shall be guilty of an offence under this Ordinance and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars, and in the case of a second or subsequent conviction to a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or to both such fine and imprisonment.

(2) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Ordinance or in the Singapore Traction Ordinance (Cap. 111), this section shall apply to cars as defined in the Singapore Traction Ordinance.”.

New section 29A

4. The Ordinance is hereby amended by inserting immediately after section 29 thereof the following new section: —

“Drivers and pillion riders of motor cycles to wear protective helmets

29A.—(1) On or after the 1st day of January 1971, every person who drives or is carried on a motor cycle shall wear securely on his head a protective helmet of a type approved by the Minister.

(2) No person shall sell or offer for sale or has in his possession for sale any protective helmet which is not of a type approved by the Minister for the purposes of this section.

(3) Any person who contravenes the provisions of subsection (1) of this section shall be guilty of an offence under this Ordinance and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding two hundred dollars.

(4) Any person who contravenes the provisions of subsection (2) of this section shall be guilty of an offence under this Ordinance and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months, and in the case of a second or subsequent conviction to a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to both such fine and imprisonment.”.

Amendment of section 71

5. Section 71 of the Ordinance is hereby amended —

(a)

by deleting subsection (1) thereof and substituting therefor the following: —

“(1) The Minister may make rules to provide for the removal and detention of any vehicle (including any trailer drawn or any load carried thereby) which constitutes a danger or unreasonable obstruction to traffic or which appears to have been abandoned on a road or which is parked or permitted to stand on any road in contravention of any provision of this Ordinance or any rules made thereunder.”; and

(b)

by inserting immediately after the words “Deputy Commissioner of Police” appearing in subsections (2) and (3) thereof the words “or the Registrar of Vehicles”.

Amendment of section 79

6. Subsection (1) of section 79 of the Ordinance is hereby amended by deleting the word “twenty” appearing in the last line thereof and substituting therefor the word “fifty”.

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