Offences
22I.—(1)  Any person who —
(a)keeps or uses in Singapore an ASEAN goods vehicle or ASEAN public service vehicle without a permit;
(b)keeps or uses in Singapore an ASEAN goods vehicle, or ASEAN public service vehicle, after the period of validity of the permit granted in respect of that vehicle has expired;
(c)fails to comply with rule 22E;
(d)in purported compliance with rule 22E, inserts into a card machine any vehicle entry card other than the vehicle entry card in relation to the vehicle he is driving;
(e)forges or tampers with a vehicle entry card;
(f)in purported compliance with rule 22E, inserts into a card machine a vehicle entry card that has been tampered with or that is a forgery; or
(g)fails to comply with rule 22H,
shall be guilty of an offence.
(2)  In any proceedings for an offence under paragraph (1), it shall be a defece for the defendant to prove —
(a)in the case of an offence under paragraph (1)(a), that he did not know that a permit had not been granted in respect of the vehicle, and had exercised due diligence to ascertain if a permit had been granted in respect of the vehicle;
(b)in the case of an offence under paragraph (1)(b), that he did not know that the period of validity of the permit had expired, and had exercised due diligence to ascertain the period of validity of the permit;
(c)in the case of an offence under paragraph (1)(d), that he did not know nor have reason to believe that the vehicle entry card was not the vehicle entry card in relation to the vehicle he was driving;
(d)in the case of an offence under paragraph (1)(f), that he did not know nor have reason to believe that the vehicle entry card had been tampered with or was a forgery; or
(e)  in the case of an offence under paragraph (1)(g), that the vehicle entry card was not in the motor vehicle he was driving nor in his possession at the time the demand was made by the police officer.