No. S 49
Road Traffic Act
(CHAPTER 276)
Road Traffic
(Composition of Offences)
(Amendment) Rules 2017
In exercise of the powers conferred by section 135(2) of the Road Traffic Act, the Minister for Transport makes the following Rules:
Citation and commencement
1.  These Rules are the Road Traffic (Composition of Offences) (Amendment) Rules 2017 and come into operation on 15 February 2017.
New rule 2A
2.  The Road Traffic (Composition of Offences) Rules (R 29) are amended by inserting, immediately after rule 2, the following rule:
Conditions to compound certain offences
2A.—(1)  Despite rule 2, a specified offence may not be compounded by a person mentioned in that rule unless the Authority has received payment of the arrears stated in the offer of composition for the specified offence.
(2)  In this rule —
“arrears”, in relation to an offer of composition for a specified offence committed in respect of a motor vehicle, means the following amounts:
(a)any unpaid vehicle entry fee under rule 20E(1) of the Road Traffic (International Circulation) Rules (R 7) incurred in respect of the last entry of the motor vehicle into Singapore;
(b)any unpaid toll under rule 3(1) of the Road Traffic (Collection of Toll at Woodlands and Tuas Checkpoints) Rules (R 12) incurred in respect of the last entry of the motor vehicle into Singapore;
(c)any unpaid road-user charge under rule 11 of the Road Traffic (Electronic Road Pricing System) Rules 2015 (G.N. No. S 226/2015) incurred in respect of the motor vehicle before the commission of the specified offence;
(d)any unpaid reciprocal road charge under rule 3(1) of the Road Traffic (Collection of Reciprocal Road Charge at Woodlands and Tuas Checkpoints) Rules 2017 (G.N. No. S 48/2017) incurred in respect of the motor vehicle before the commission of the specified offence;
“specified offence” means an offence under —
(a)rule 20H(1)(c) of the Road Traffic (International Circulation) Rules;
(b)rule 5(1) of the Road Traffic (Collection of Toll at Woodlands and Tuas Checkpoints) Rules; or
(c)rule 5(1) of the Road Traffic (Collection of Reciprocal Road Charge at Woodlands and Tuas Checkpoints) Rules 2017.”.
[G.N. Nos. S 633/2010; S 801/2013; S 44/2015]
Made on 14 February 2017.
PANG KIN KEONG
Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Transport,
Singapore.
[MOT.LT.443.5.0052.0.1; AG/LEGIS/SL/276/2015/28 Vol. 1]
(To be presented to Parliament under section 141(1) of the Road Traffic Act).