Road Traffic (Thaipusam Chariot Procession — Exemption) Order 2024

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Published in Subsidiary Legislation Supplement
on 23 Jan 2024

No. S 28

Road Traffic Act 1961

Road Traffic
(Thaipusam Chariot Procession —
Exemption) Order 2024

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 142 of the Road Traffic Act 1961, the Minister for Home Affairs makes the following Order:

Citation and period in force

1.—(1) This Order is the Road Traffic (Thaipusam Chariot Procession — Exemption) Order 2024.

(2) This Order is in force on 24 January 2024 from 5 a.m. to 10 p.m.

Definitions

2. In this Order —

“chariot” means the vehicles bearing the vehicle registration numbers YG5292H and YJ1988U;

“Chettiars’ Temple Society” means the society registered under the Societies Act 1966 as Chettiars’ Temple Society (UEN T04SS0015B);

“specified footway” means the part of the footway along New Bridge Road adjacent to the ERP gantry at New Bridge Road that is delineated by the black‑coloured line in the map set out in the Schedule;

“Thaipusam Chariot Procession” means the event organised by Chettiars’ Temple Society on 24 January 2024.

Exemption

3. Rule 28(1) of the Road Traffic Rules (R 20) does not apply to the driving of the chariot, for the purpose of the Thaipusam Chariot Procession, on the specified footway.

Made on 17 January 2024.

PANG KIN KEONG

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Home Affairs,
Singapore.

[TP 4.15.18.1; AG/LEGIS/SL/276/2020/2 Vol. 7]

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