Classification of motor vehicles
19.  For the purposes of these Rules, motor vehicles shall be divided into the following classes:
(a)Class 1 vehicles which shall consist of invalid carriages, that is to say, motor vehicles the weight of which unladen does not exceed 250 kilograms and which are specially designed and constructed, and not merely adapted, for the use of persons suffering from some physical defect or disability and are used solely by those persons;
(b)Class 2 vehicles which shall consist of motor cycles with a cylinder capacity that exceeds 400 cubic centimetres;
(c)Class 2A vehicles which shall consist of motor cycles with a cylinder capacity that exceeds 200 but does not exceed 400 cubic centimetres;
(d)Class 2B vehicles which shall consist of motor cycles with a cylinder capacity that does not exceed 200 cubic centimetres, or motor cycles which are propelled by electric motors and registered as motor cycles under the Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Registration and Licensing) Rules (R 5);
[S 28/2009 wef 03/02/2009]
(e)Class 3 vehicles which shall consist of —
(i)motor cars constructed solely and adapted to carry not more than 7 passengers (exclusive of the driver) and the weight of which unladen does not exceed 3,000 kilograms; and
(ii)motor tractors and other motor vehicles the weight of which unladen does not exceed 2,500 kilograms.
[S 304/2004 wef 31/05/2004]
(ea)Class 3A vehicles which shall consist of any class 3 vehicle which can be driven without the use of a clutch pedal;
[S 515/2009 wef 01/09/2004]
(eb)Class 3C vehicles which consist of any class 3 vehicle other than a vehicle referred to in paragraph (e)(ii);
[S 335/2015 wef 01/06/2015]
(ec)Class 3CA vehicles which consist of any class 3C vehicle which can be driven without the use of a clutch pedal;
[S 335/2015 wef 01/06/2015]
(f)Class 4 vehicles which shall consist of heavy motor cars and motor tractors, the weight of which unladen exceeds 2,500 kilograms;
(g)Class 4A vehicles which shall consist of heavy motor cars which are omnibuses, that is to say, public service vehicles which are used on scheduled services and in which passengers are charged separate and distinct fares; and
(h)Class 5 vehicles which shall consist of —
(i)light locomotives, that is to say, motor vehicles which are not constructed to carry and load (other than water, fuel, accumulators and other equipment and materials used for the purpose of propulsion, loose tools and loose equipment) and the weight of which unladen does not exceed 11,500 kilograms; and
(ii)heavy locomotives, that is to say, motor vehicles which are not constructed to carry any load (other than water, fuel, accumulators and other equipment and materials used for the purpose of propulsion, loose tools and loose equipment) and the weight of which unladen exceeds 11,500 kilograms.