5.—(1) Any person who brings a motor vehicle into Singapore with the intention of making a temporary stay in Singapore from a country which is party to the 1949 Convention and who desires to obtain an international circulation permit in respect of that vehicle shall apply to the Registration Authority in the form set out in the Second Schedule.
(2) The registration certificate in respect of the motor vehicle shall be produced with the application.
(3) This Part shall not apply to motor vehicles registered in Malaysia which are brought into Singapore.
Form of international circulation permit
6.—(1) An international circulation permit shall be in the form set out in the Third Schedule.
(2) The international circulation permit shall be carried upon the motor vehicle in like manner as if it were a licence for a motor vehicle issued under section 19 of the Act and the Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Registration and Licensing) Rules (R 5) shall apply to the display of the permit as they apply to the display of a licence.
Registration certificate
7.—(1) A registration certificate containing such particulars as the Registrar may from time to time direct shall be issued to every owner of a motor vehicle in respect of which an international circulation permit is issued.
(2) The registration certificate shall be produced for inspection by the owner at any time upon request by a police officer or any officer authorised in writing in that behalf by the Registrar.
Defacing of international circulation permit or registration certificate
8.—(1) No person shall deface or mutilate any international circulation permit or registration certificate or alter or obliterate any entry made therein or make any addition thereto or make or exhibit any imitation thereof.
(2) If an international circulation permit or a registration certificate has been lost, destroyed or defaced, the owner of the motor vehicle shall apply to the Registration Authority for a duplicate permit or registration certificate, as the case may be.
(3) The Registration Authority, upon being satisfied as to such loss, destruction or defacement, may issue a duplicate on payment of a fee of $5, and a duplicate so issued shall have the same effect as the original permit or registration certificate.
Issue of international circulation permit
9.—(1) Upon receipt by the Registration Authority of an application duly made in accordance with rule 5 for an international circulation permit, the Registration Authority may, if the Authority is satisfied that the owner is making only a temporary stay in Singapore and that the motor vehicle in respect of which the application is made has been brought by the owner into Singapore from a country abroad which is a party to the 1949 Convention —
(a)
issue to the owner an international circulation permit;
(b)
enter therein —
(i)
the index mark and registration number of the motor vehicle;
(ii)
the date of expiry of the international circulation permit; and
(iii)
a stamp or other sufficient mark indicating the Authority by whom the permit is issued and the date of issue;
(c)
prepare and issue to the owner the registration certificate with the appropriate particulars entered therein; and
(d)
retain the application and (unless the Registration Authority be the Registrar) advise the Registrar of the issue of such permit.
(2) No international circulation permit shall be issued by the Registration Authority unless there has been produced to the Authority in respect of the motor vehicle a certificate of insurance, certificate of security or certificate of foreign insurance which complies with the Motor Vehicles (Third-Party Risks and Compensation) Act (Cap. 189) and which is valid for the period of the permit for which application has been made.
10. [Deleted by S 408/2017 wef 20/07/2017]
11. [Deleted by S 408/2017 wef 20/07/2017]
Validity of international circulation permit
12. An international circulation permit shall be valid for such period not exceeding 90 days from the date upon which the motor vehicle in respect of which the permit is issued was last brought into Singapore from abroad.
Surrender of permit, etc., on breaking up, etc., of vehicle
13.—(1) If a vehicle in respect of which an international circulation permit has been issued is broken up, destroyed or sold or otherwise transferred to a person other than the person to whom the permit was issued during the period of validity of the permit, the person to whom the permit was issued shall —
(a)
forthwith inform the appropriate Registration Authority of the breaking up, destruction, sale or other transfer, and, in the case of a sale or other transfer, of the name and address of the person to whom the motor vehicle has been sold or transferred; and
(b)
at the same time surrender to the Registration Authority the permit and the registration certificate issued in respect of the vehicle.
(2) The Registration Authority (unless the Registration Authority be the Registrar) shall advise the Registrar of the surrender of the permit.
Surrender of permit on removal of motor vehicle to a place abroad
14.—(1) If on or before the expiry of an international circulation permit the motor vehicle in respect of which the permit has been issued is about to be removed to a place abroad, the person to whom the permit was issued shall forthwith or before the motor vehicle is so removed surrender the permit and registration certificate to the Registration Authority issuing the permit and certificate.
(2) The Registration Authority (unless the Registration Authority be the Registrar) shall forthwith advise the Registrar of such surrender.
Identification mark to become void on breaking up, etc., of motor vehicle
15. When any motor vehicle in respect of which an international circulation permit has been issued is broken up, destroyed or removed to a place abroad or sold or the ownership thereof is otherwise transferred in Singapore, the identification mark assigned to the motor vehicle under rule 22K(1)(a)(ii) shall become void.
[S 408/2017 wef 20/07/2017]
Surrender of international circulation permit at any time
16. At any time during the period of validity of his international circulation permit any person may surrender the permit to the Registration Authority issuing the permit and the permit shall thereupon cease to be valid.
Application for licence, etc., on expiry of international circulation permit
17.—(1) Any person to whom an international circulation permit has been issued in respect of a motor vehicle shall, before using that motor vehicle in Singapore at any time after the permit has ceased to be valid —
(a)
apply for and obtain a licence under the Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Registration and Licensing) Rules (R 5) in respect of that vehicle; or
(b)
apply for and obtain another international circulation permit in respect of that motor vehicle.
(2) The Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Registration and Licensing) Rules shall, in relation to any application under paragraph (1)(a), be subject to the following modifications:
(a)
the owner shall forward to the Registrar, together with his declaration, the international circulation permit (unless already surrendered to the Registration Authority) and the registration certificate issued to him;
(b)
the Registrar shall advise the Registration Authority by whom the international circulation permit was issued (if the permit was not issued by the Registrar) of the receipt of the permit, if received by him, and the issue of such licence by him; and
(c)
the identification mark to be assigned by the Registrar shall, if the person making the application so desires, be the identification mark of the motor vehicle under rule 22K(1)(a) but the identification mark shall be void on the expiration of one year from the date upon which the motor vehicle was last brought into Singapore from abroad and the Registrar shall assign a new identification mark in accordance with the Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Registration and Licensing) Rules.