5.—(1) Every —| (a) | new driver who has been granted a driving licence to drive a Class 2B, 3, 3A, 3C or 3CA motor vehicle; and [S 336/2015 wef 01/06/2015] | | (b) | new SAF driver who has been issued with a certificate or document referred to in section 49 of the Act authorising him to drive a Class 2B, 3, 3A, 3C or 3CA motor vehicle, [S 336/2015 wef 01/06/2015] |
| and who, on or after 1st September 1994, has not completed or commences (as the case may be) his period of probation, shall, while the motor vehicle is being ridden or driven by him during his period of probation, display clearly and conspicuously in the manner specified in paragraph (2) a distinguishing mark in the form set out in the Schedule. |
| (1A) Every new SCDF driver who has been issued with a certificate or document referred to in section 49 of the Act to drive a Class 2B, 3, 3A, 3C or 3CA motor vehicle shall, while riding or driving a Class 2B, 3, 3A, 3C or 3CA motor vehicle (as the case may be) during his period of probation, display clearly and conspicuously in the manner specified in paragraph (2) a distinguishing mark in the form set out in the Schedule. [S 80/99 wef 01/03/1999] [S 336/2015 wef 01/06/2015] |
(2) A distinguishing mark shall be securely affixed —| (a) | in the case of a Class 2B motor vehicle —| (i) | directly above or below the headlamp; and | | (ii) | directly above or below the rear licence plate; |
| | (b) | in the case of a Class 3, 3A, 3C or 3CA motor vehicle which is constructed with a front windscreen and a rear windscreen —| (i) | at the top right portion of the front windscreen; and | | (ii) | at the top right portion of the rear windscreen, |
| as seen from the outside of the vehicle; |
[S 336/2015 wef 01/06/2015] | | (c) | in the case of a Class 3, 3A, 3C or 3CA motor vehicle which is constructed with a front windscreen but without a rear windscreen —| (i) | at the top right portion of the front windscreen as seen from the outside of the vehicle; and | | (ii) | at the bottom right portion of the rear of the vehicle as seen from the rear of the vehicle or if this is not possible by virtue of the construction of the vehicle, at any other part of the rear of the vehicle, except that the distinguishing mark shall not be placed such that it should obstruct any rear lamp of the vehicle or any other mark which, by virtue of the Act or any rules or regulations made thereunder, is required to be displayed at the rear of the vehicle; and |
[S 336/2015 wef 01/06/2015] | | (d) | in the case of a Class 3, 3A, 3C or 3CA motor vehicle which is constructed without any windscreen at all —| (i) | at the bottom right portion of the front of the vehicle as seen from the front of the vehicle or if this is not possible by virtue of the construction of the vehicle, at any other part of the front of the vehicle; and | | (ii) | at the bottom right portion of the rear of the vehicle as seen from the rear of the vehicle or if this is not possible by virtue of the construction of the vehicle, at any other part of the rear of the vehicle, |
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| except that the distinguishing mark shall not be placed such that it should obstruct any headlamp or rear lamp of the vehicle or any other mark which, by virtue of the Act or any rules or regulations made thereunder, is required to be displayed at the front or rear of the vehicle. |
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(3) This rule shall not apply to any new driver who —| (a) | has been granted a licence under section 36(2) of the Act; and | | (b) | for a period of one year or longer has held a driver’s certificate or licence issued by the competent authority in any country authorising him to drive motor vehicles of the class or description which he would be authorised to drive by the licence applied for. |
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| (4) Any person who fails to comply with paragraph (1) or (1A) shall be guilty of an offence. [S 80/1999 wef 01/03/1999] |
(5) Where a new driver or a new SAF driver to whom this rule applies has, on two or more occasions, been convicted of an offence under this rule or been permitted to compound such an offence, the Deputy Commissioner of Police may —| (a) | in the case of a new driver, revoke his driving licence; and | | (b) | in the case of a new SAF driver, recommend to the competent authority of the Singapore Armed Forces that the certificate or document referred to in section 49 of the Act which was issued to him by the competent authority be revoked. |
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| (5A) Where a new SCDF driver to whom this rule applies has, on 2 or more occasions, been convicted of an offence under this rule or been permitted to compound such an offence, the Deputy Commissioner of Police may recommend to the competent authority of the Singapore Civil Defence Force that the certificate or document referred to in section 49 of the Act which was issued to him by the competent authority be revoked. [S 80/99 wef 01/03/1999] |
(6) Sections 35B and 35C of the Act shall apply mutatis mutandis in respect of the revocation of a new driver’s driving licence under paragraph (5)(a), and —| (a) | any reference in those sections to section 35A of the Act shall be read as a reference to paragraph 5(a) of this rule; and | | (b) | any reference in section 35C(3) and (4) of the Act to a motor vehicle shall be read as a reference to a Class 2B, 3, 3A, 3C or 3CA motor vehicle. [S 336/2015 wef 01/06/2015] |
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