Road Traffic (Exemption from Section 12) Order

Road Traffic Act

(CHAPTER 276, Section 142)

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G.N. No. S 722/2005

REVISED EDITION 2008

(31st January 2008)

[18th November 2005]

Citation

1. This Order may be cited as the Road Traffic (Exemption from Section 12) Order.

Definitions

2. In this Order —

“certificate of insurance” means a certificate of insurance, certificate of security or certificate of foreign insurance which complies with the Motor Vehicles (Third-Party Risks and Compensation) Act (Cap. 189);

“vehicle entry permit” means a vehicle entry permit granted under the Road Traffic (International Circulation) Rules (R 7).

Exemption for citizen or permanent resident of Singapore

3.—(1) Any person who is a citizen or permanent resident of Singapore shall be exempted from section 12 of the Act in respect of any vehicle not registered under the Act, if the following conditions are satisfied:

(a)

he resides outside Singapore;

(b)

he works and resides in Malaysia;

(c)

he or his spouse is the registered owner of the vehicle, or his employer is the registered owner of the vehicle and has provided him with the vehicle, or his employer has hired the vehicle for use by him alone;

(d)

there is in force in respect of the vehicle —

(i)	a valid approval under rule 3 of the Road Traffic (Exemption from Section 12 — Approval) Rules (R 45) in relation to the use of the vehicle by him;
(ii)	a certificate of insurance which is valid for the period of validity of that approval; and
(iii)	a vehicle entry permit;

(e)

he keeps or uses the vehicle in Singapore only —

(i)	on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays; and
(ii)	for an aggregate of not more than 28 other days in any calendar year or such greater number of days as the Registrar may allow in cases of emergency,

or where his spouse is exempted under sub-paragraph (2), he and his spous e keep or use the vehicle in Singapore only —

(A)	on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays; and
(B)	for a combined aggregate of not more than 28 other days in any calendar year or such greater number of days as the Registrar may allow in cases of emergency.

(2) Where a person is exempted under sub-paragraph (1) in respect of a vehicle, his spouse shall be exempted from section 12 of the Act in respect of the vehicle during the period of validity of the approval referred to in sub-paragraph (1)(d)(i) if the following conditions are satisfied:

(a)	the spouse is a citizen or permanent resident of Singapore, and resides in Malaysia;
(b)	the person, the spouse or the person’s employer is the registered owner of the vehicle;
(c)	there is in force in respect of the vehicle a valid approval under rule 4 of the Road Traffic (Exemption from Section 12 — Approval) Rules (R 45) in relation to the use of the vehicle by the spouse.

(3) Any woman who is a citizen of Singapore shall be exempted from section 12 of the Act in respect of any vehicle not registered under the Act, if the following conditions are satisfied:

(a)

she resides outside Singapore;

(b)

she is married to a citizen or permanent resident of Malaysia who is not also a citizen or permanent resident of Singapore;

(c)

she, her spouse or the employer of her spouse is the registered owner of the vehicle and, where the employer is the registered owner of the vehicle, the employer has provided her spouse with the vehicle;

(d)

there is in force in respect of the vehicle —

(i)	a valid approval under rule 5 of the Road Traffic (Exemption from Section 12 — Approval) Rules in relation to the use of the vehicle by her;
(ii)	a certificate of insurance which is valid for the period of validity of that approval; and
(iii)	a vehicle entry permit;

(e)

she alone drives the vehicle while the vehicle is in Singapore;

(f)

she keeps or uses the vehicle in Singapore only —

(i)	on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays; and
(ii)	for an aggregate of not more than 28 other days in any calendar year or such greater number of days as the Registrar may allow in cases of emergency.

Exemption for holder of work pass

4. Any person (not being a citizen or permanent resident of Singapore) who is the holder of a work pass issued under the Employment of Foreign Manpower Act (Cap. 91A) shall be exempted from section 12 of the Act in respect of any vehicle not registered under the Act, if the following conditions are satisfied:

(a)	he resides outside Singapore;
(b)	he is the registered owner of the vehicle;
(c)	there is in force in respect of the vehicle a vehicle entry permit;
(d)	the vehicle is kept or used outside Singapore for an aggregate period of not less than 6 hours every day.

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