Parking Places (Coupon Parking) Rules - Singapore Statutes Online

Parking Places Act

(CHAPTER 214, Section 8)

Parking Places (Coupon Parking) Rules

R 3

G.N. No. S 217/1982

REVISED EDITION 1990

(25th March 1992)

[1st August 1982]

Citation

1. These Rules may be cited as the Parking Places (Coupon Parking) Rules.

Definitions

2. In these Rules, unless the context otherwise requires —

“coupon parking place” or “parking place” means a parking place designated by the Superintendent in accordance with rule 5(1) as a place where vehicles may be parked using parking coupons;

“parking coupon” or “coupon” means a coupon or other document issued by the Superintendent to any person for the purpose of parking a vehicle in accordance with rule 9;

“prescribed charge” means the charge prescribed by the Minister under section 9(1) of the Act as the fee payable by any person for parking a vehicle in a coupon parking place.

Application of Parking Places Rules

3. The Parking Places Rules [R 2] shall apply to vehicles parked in a coupon parking place in so far as any of the provisions of those Rules is not inconsistent with or modified by the provisions of these Rules.

Use of parking coupons

4.—(1) Any person who parks a vehicle in any coupon parking place on the days and at the times indicated on any sign erected thereat shall display on the vehicle in the manner prescribed by rule 6, valid coupons prescribed by these Rules having a value sufficient to meet the prescribed parking charges for the period during which the vehicle is parked or is to be parked in such parking place.

(2) For the purposes of this rule a parking coupon shall not be valid if —

(a)	the coupon is so torn, defaced or mutilated that the figures or other particulars therein are not legible;
(b)	the period of validity of the coupon has expired;
(c)	the coupon, being a coupon in the Form 1, 2, 3, 4, 9 or 10 in the Second Schedule, does not indicate the date and time of commencement of parking the vehicle in accordance with rule 7; [S 336/1995 wef 01/08/1995]
(d)	the coupon, being a coupon in the Form 5, 6, 7 or 8 in the Second Schedule, does not indicate the date of parking the vehicle in accordance with rule 7; [S 336/1995 wef 01/08/1995]
(e)	the coupon, being a coupon in the Form 11 or 12 in the Second Schedule, does not indicate the time (day or night) and the date of parking the vehicle in accordance with rule 7; or [S 336/1995 wef 01/08/1995]
(f)	the coupon, being a coupon in the Form 11 or 12 in the Second Schedule, does not indicate in ink, the vehicle number of the motor-cycle or scooter in accordance with rule 7. [S 336/1995 wef 01/08/1995]

Signs indicating coupon parking places

5.—(1) The Superintendent may designate any place or road or any part thereof as a coupon parking place by placing or erecting at or near such parking place a sign in accordance with Diagram 1, 2, 3 or 4 in the First Schedule for the regulation of parking.

(2) A parking coupon in any of the Forms in the Second Schedule may be used in respect of any coupon parking place.

Method of display of parking coupons

6.—(1) As soon as a motor vehicle is parked in a coupon parking place, the driver of the vehicle shall display one or more coupons either on the offside of the front windscreen or the offside front window of the motor vehicle in such a manner that the coupon is clearly visible from the front or offside of the vehicle and the coupon shall have the date, time of commencement of parking of the vehicle and other particulars indicated therein in accordance with rule 7.

(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to a motor cycle, scooter or other similar vehicle, in which case the coupon may be displayed in a conspicuous position on the motor cycle, scooter or vehicle.

Particulars on coupon

7. The date and time of commencement of parking a vehicle in a coupon parking place shall, where required to be indicated in the coupon by these Rules, be indicated in the coupon in accordance with the instructions given in the form in which the coupon is set out in the Second Schedule.

Computation of parking time

8. Where two or more coupons are displayed on a vehicle to cover the period during which the vehicle is to be parked in a coupon parking place, the time of commencement indicated in the second and subsequent coupon or coupons shall run immediately after the time of expiry of the period of parking indicated in the coupon of the prior period of parking.

Purchase of coupons

9. The Superintendent or any person authorised by him in that behalf may issue to any person a coupon or coupons upon payment of the appropriate fees.

No refunds for unused coupons

10. No refund shall be allowed for any unused coupons except in such special circumstances as the Superintendent may allow and provided that the coupons are not defaced, mutilated or in any other manner invalid.

Incorrect commencement time displayed

11. No person shall display or cause or permit to be displayed on a vehicle a coupon in which the time of commencement of parking indicated thereon is later than the actual time when he parks the vehicle.

Coupons that have been tampered with

12. No person shall display on a vehicle any parking coupon that has any alteration, erasure or other irregularity therein which indicates that the coupon has been tampered with.

Offence to continue parking with expired coupons

13. Any person who continues to park in a coupon parking place after the expiry of the period in respect of which coupons are displayed on the vehicle to meet the prescribed parking charges shall be guilty of an offence.

Inspection of coupons

14.—(1) The Superintendent or any person authorised by him may for the purposes of these Rules require any driver of a vehicle parked in any coupon parking place to produce for his inspection any parking coupon or coupons displayed on such vehicle and may retain any such parking coupon.

(2) If the driver of the vehicle fails to produce the parking coupon or coupons displayed for inspection or retention by the Superintendent or any person authorised by him, he shall be guilty of an offence.

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