Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Driving Licences) (Amendment) Rules 2022

No. S 155

Road Traffic Act 1961

Road Traffic
(Motor Vehicles, Driving Licences)
(Amendment) Rules 2022

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 48 of the Road Traffic Act 1961, the Minister for Home Affairs makes the following Rules:

Citation and commencement

1. These Rules are the Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Driving Licences) (Amendment) Rules 2022 and come into operation on 7 March 2022.

Amendment of rule 20

2. Rule 20(3) of the Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Driving Licences) Rules (R 27) (called in these Rules the principal Rules) is amended by inserting, immediately after the words “holder of a licence”, the words “(if not issued in electronic form)”.

Deletion and substitution of rule 21A

3. Rule 21A of the principal Rules is deleted and the following rule substituted therefor:

“Endorsement to invalidate class of vehicles from driving licence

21A.—(1) Where a driving licence has been revoked by the Deputy Commissioner of Police under section 35A(1) of the Act and the revocation does not apply to all classes of vehicles that the holder is permitted to drive, the Deputy Commissioner of Police may —

(a)	if the driving licence is issued in electronic form — make the necessary endorsement on the driving licence; or
(b)	if the driving licence is not issued in electronic form and has been surrendered to the Deputy Commissioner of Police under section 35C of the Act — make the necessary endorsement on the driving licence and return the driving licence to the holder.

(2) Where a driving licence has been revoked by the Deputy Commissioner of Police under section 37(6) of the Act and the revocation does not apply to all classes of vehicles that the holder is permitted to drive, the Deputy Commissioner of Police may —

(a)	if the driving licence is issued in electronic form — make the necessary endorsement on the driving licence; or
(b)	if the driving licence is not issued in electronic form and has been delivered to the Deputy Commissioner of Police under section 37(7) of the Act — make the necessary endorsement on the driving licence and return the driving licence to the holder.

(3) Where the holder of a driving licence is prohibited under section 62A of the Act from driving a class of motor vehicles mentioned in that section and the prohibition does not apply to all the classes of vehicles that the holder is permitted to drive, the Deputy Commissioner of Police may —

(a)	if the driving licence is issued in electronic form — make the necessary endorsement on the driving licence; or
(b)	if the driving licence is not issued in electronic form and has been delivered to the Deputy Commissioner of Police — make the necessary endorsement on the driving licence and return the driving licence to the holder.”.

Amendment of rule 24

4. Rule 24 of the principal Rules is amended by inserting, immediately after the words “produce his licence”, the words “(if not issued in electronic form)”.

Amendment of rule 25

5. Rule 25(1) of the principal Rules is amended by inserting, immediately after the words “driving licence”, the words “(if not issued in electronic form)”.

[G.N. Nos. S 562/2002; S 245/2004; S 304/2004; S 515/2004; S 774/2004; S 392/2005; S 500/2005; S 28/2009; S 112/2010; S 646/2010; S 55/2012; S 275/2013; S 276/2013; S 108/2014; S 46/2015; S 335/2015; S 794/2015; S 254/2016; S 314/2017; S 682/2017; S 586/2018; S 775/2019; S 178/2020; S 331/2020; S 373/2020; S 600/2020; S 1073/2021]

Made on 28 February 2022.

PANG KIN KEONG

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Home Affairs,
Singapore.

[MHA 112/2/033; AG/LEGIS/SL/276/2020/18 Vol. 1]

(To be presented to Parliament under section 141(1) of the Road Traffic Act 1961).

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