Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Driving Licences) Rules

Prescribed diseases and disabilities

8.—(1) An applicant for a licence shall not be entitled to claim to be subjected to a test as to his fitness or ability to drive a motor vehicle under section 37 of the Act if —

(a)	he is suffering from mental disorder;
(b)	he is suffering from epilepsy;
(c)	he is liable to sudden attacks of disabling giddiness or fainting;
(d)	he is not able to read at a distance of 25 metres (with the aid of spectacles or contact lenses, if worn) a series of 6 letters and figures in white on a black background of the same size and arrangement as those prescribed for the identification mark of a motor vehicle; and [S 46/2015 wef 01/02/2015]
(e)	he is not able to distinguish the colours red, amber and green from a distance of 25 metres.

(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(a), “mental disorder” includes idiocy and any mental disorder for which an order has been made under section 10 or 13 of the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) Act 2008 (Act 21 of 2008) for the detention in a psychiatric institution of the person suffering from that mental disorder for treatment.

[S 55/2012 wef 27/02/2012]

[S 46/2015 wef 01/02/2015]

Prescribed test for fitness to drive

8A.—(1) For the purposes of section 37(5) and (8) of the Act, the prescribed test, in relation to an applicant for the grant of a driving licence or a licence holder, is a medical examination and certification by —

(a)	such registered medical practitioner as the Deputy Commissioner of Police may specify; or
(b)	a registered medical practitioner of the holder’s choice if the Deputy Commissioner of Police does not so specify,

stating that the applicant or licence holder, as the case may be, is fit to drive a motor vehicle.

[S 46/2015 wef 01/02/2015]

(2) Where a licence holder claims to be subjected to the prescribed test under section 37(8) of the Act and he has previously undergone a medical examination by a registered medical practitioner for the purpose of section 37(6) of the Act, the Deputy Commissioner of Police may, by notice in writing to the licence holder, require that the prescribed test be conducted by any other registered medical practitioner.

[S 46/2015 wef 01/02/2015]

(3) The costs of the prescribed test referred to in paragraphs (1) and (2) shall be borne by the applicant or licence holder concerned.

[S 245/2004 wef 30/04/2004]

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