PART III | CONDUCT OF DRIVERS, CONDUCTORS, TRISHAW RIDERS AND PASSENGERS |
| Conduct of drivers, conductors and trishaw riders |
21.—(1) A licensee shall, when acting as a driver or conductor of a vehicle or as a rider of a trishaw which is to be or being hired out or used for the conveyance of passengers for the purpose of gain —| (a) | behave in a civil and orderly manner; | | (b) | take all reasonable precautions to ensure the safety of passengers in or entering or alighting from the vehicle or trishaw; | | (c) | not wilfully deceive or refuse to inform any passenger or intending passenger as to the destination or route of the vehicle or trishaw or as to the fare for any journey to be travelled by the vehicle or trishaw or for which the vehicle or trishaw has been hired; | | (d) | [Deleted by S 539/2017 wef 01/10/2017] | | (e) | upon the request of a police officer, the Registrar or an authorised officer to produce his licence —| (i) | produce his licence (whether in an electronic form or otherwise); or | | (ii) | give the following particulars: | (A) | his name and NRIC or FIN number, as the case may be; | | (B) | the number of his licence and the classes of public service vehicles he is authorised to drive, or act as a conductor of, under the licence; [S 166/2023 wef 01/04/2023] |
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| | (ea) | upon the request of a police officer, the Registrar or an authorised officer, give the name and address of the person by whom he is employed or who owns the vehicle or trishaw; [S 166/2023 wef 01/04/2023] | | (f) | wear such apparel or uniform and shoes as may be approved from time to time by the Registrar, and shall at all times keep the same neat, clean and in good condition; | | (g) | be in a clean, neat and tidy condition and shall not be in such a condition as to be offensive to any passenger; and the condition of his dress or clothing shall not be in such condition that it might reasonably be expected to soil or injure the linings or cushions of the vehicle or the clothing of any passenger; | | (h) | not, at any reasonable time, obstruct or neglect to give all reasonable information and assistance to any person having the authority under these Rules or other written law to examine the vehicle; | | (i) | subject to rule 30(3), permit no article which is likely to soil or damage the vehicle or trishaw or which projects beyond the roof or sides thereof to be brought into or carried by the vehicle or trishaw; | | (j) | not allow any person to act in his place, as a driver or conductor of the vehicle or rider of a trishaw, without the written consent of his employer or the owner of the vehicle or trishaw; | | (k) | subject to rules 30(5) and 30A(5), not leave a passenger before the end of the journey to be travelled by the vehicle or trishaw or for which the vehicle or trishaw has been hired; | | (l) | not importune or annoy any person for the purpose of getting any passenger; | | (m) | not by carelessness or wilful misbehaviour cause hurt or damage to any person or property in the vehicle or trishaw; and | | (n) | not ply for hire such vehicle (other than a chauffeured private hire car or taxi) or trishaw if the vehicle or trishaw or any of the accessories or appurtenances of the vehicle or trishaw are not clean or in proper repair, good order or condition. [S 362/2017 wef 01/07/2017] [S 362/2017 wef 01/07/2017] [S 776/2023 wef 01/12/2023] |
| (2) Paragraph (1)(c), (f), (g) and (i) does not apply to a licensee when the licensee is acting as a chauffeured private hire car driver. [S 362/2017 wef 01/07/2017] |
| (3) Paragraph (1)(i) does not apply to a licensee when the licensee is acting as a taxi driver. [S 776/2023 wef 01/12/2023] |
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22.—(1) A licensee, when acting as a driver of a vehicle, shall —| (a) | upon a public road or street, remain in the driver’s seat when the vehicle has passengers in it who are being conveyed for the purpose of gain, unless there is a reasonable cause to do otherwise; | | (b) | not hinder or obstruct the driver of any other vehicle from having the vehicle, hired or from picking up passengers; | | (c) | stop the vehicle driven by him whenever directed by order, signal or otherwise to do so by the Registrar or an authorised officer; | | (d) | for the purpose of picking up or setting down passengers stop the vehicle as close as may be to the verge of the roadway and parallel thereto and where a bus bay is provided, the vehicle, if it is an omnibus, shall stop therein; and [S 362/2017 wef 01/07/2017] | | (e) | not cause the vehicle to remain stationary on a road longer than is necessary to pick up or set down passengers when the vehicle is being hired out or used for the conveyance of passengers for the purpose of gain, unless there is a reasonable cause to do otherwise. [S 362/2017 wef 01/07/2017] | | (f) | [Deleted by S 362/2017 wef 01/07/2017] | | (g) | [Deleted by S 362/2017 wef 01/07/2017] | | (h) | [Deleted by S 362/2017 wef 01/07/2017] | | (i) | [Deleted by S 362/2017 wef 01/07/2017] [S 362/2017 wef 01/07/2017] |
| (2) Paragraph (1)(b) and (e) does not apply to a licensee when the licensee is acting as a chauffeured private hire car driver. [S 362/2017 wef 01/07/2017] |
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| Prohibition on soliciting or loitering to solicit passengers |
22A.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), a person licensed to drive a specified vehicle shall not, in a public place —| (a) | loiter for the purpose of soliciting passengers, by any means, for any specified vehicle; or | | (b) | solicit passengers, other than by means of advertisement, for any specified vehicle. |
| (2) Paragraph (1) does not apply where the person referred to in that paragraph loiters or solicits passengers with the consent in writing of the owner or operator of the public place, in accordance with the terms of such consent. |
(3) In this rule —“advertisement” means solicitation by the following means:| (a) | publication in a newspaper, magazine, journal or other periodical; | | (b) | display of posters or notices; | | (c) | circulars, handbills, brochures, pamphlets, books or other documents; | | (d) | letters addressed to individuals, bodies corporate or bodies unincorporate; | | (e) | photographs or cinematograph films; or | | (f) | sound broadcasting, television, the Internet or other media; |
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| “specified vehicle” means a chauffeured private hire car, an excursion bus, an omnibus, a private hire bus or a school bus. [S 362/2017 wef 01/07/2017] |
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| Conduct of chauffeured private hire car drivers and taxi drivers |
22B.—(1) A licensee, when acting as a chauffeured private hire car driver or a taxi driver, must not do any of the following:| (a) | stop the private hire car or taxi within 9 metres of a bus‑stop —| (i) | measured from the outer edge of the yellow demarcated box of a bus‑stop; or | | (ii) | measured from the tip of a bus bay, |
| except when the private hire car or taxi breaks down owing to a defect in the private hire car or taxi, or its tyres; |
| | (b) | without reasonable excuse —| (i) | terminate a hiring of the private hire car or taxi; or | | (ii) | require any passenger who is being conveyed for the purpose of gain to leave the private hire car or taxi before the passenger is conveyed to the passenger’s destination; |
| | (c) | during the hiring of the private hire car or taxi, permit any person or article to be carried in or upon the private hire car or taxi without the consent of the hirer; | | (d) | verbally insult, intimidate or harass a passenger in any manner (including sexually); [S 796/2017 wef 01/01/2018] | | (e) | provide a courier pick‑up and delivery service using the chauffeured private hire car or taxi, without the prior approval of the Registrar; [S 796/2017 wef 01/01/2018] [S 919/2020 wef 30/10/2020] | | (f) | when using the private hire car or taxi to provide an on-demand passenger transport service booked through a ride-hail service provider, collect or attempt to collect a booking fee that —| (i) | is more than the booking fee last published by the ride-hail service provider; or | | (ii) | is inconsistent with any part of the Public Transport Council (Ride-hail Fare Pricing Policy) Order 2020 (G.N. No. S 916/2020). [S 919/2020 wef 30/10/2020] |
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| (2) In this rule, a courier pick‑up and delivery service means a service consisting of the collection, conveyance and delivery, for reward, of any cargo not incidental to the carriage of any passenger in a motor vehicle; and any goods, article, food or baggage which is unaccompanied by any passenger travelling in the motor vehicle must be treated as cargo. [S 796/2017 wef 01/01/2018] |
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| Driving without chauffeured private hire car marking, etc. |
22C.—(1) A licensee, when acting as a chauffeured private hire car driver, must not drive a licensed chauffeured private hire car knowing, or having reasonable cause to believe, that —| (a) | no authorised decalcomania for the licensed chauffeured private hire car is affixed to the car; | | (b) | any authorised decalcomania for the licensed chauffeured private hire car affixed to the car is not affixed in accordance with rule 38B of the Road Traffic (Public Service Vehicles) Rules (R 14); | | (c) | any authorised decalcomania affixed to the car —| (i) | is defaced, covered or obscured; or | | (ii) | has been altered by a person who is not authorised under the Road Traffic (Public Service Vehicles) Rules to alter that decalcomania; |
| | (d) | the marking or any figures or particulars on any authorised decalcomania affixed to the car are illegible; or | | (e) | the colour of any authorised decalcomania affixed to the car is discoloured by fading or otherwise. |
(2) In this rule, an authorised decalcomania, for a chauffeured private hire car, means a decalcomania which is —| (a) | required to be affixed on the chauffeured private hire car under rule 38A(1) of the Road Traffic (Public Service Vehicles) Rules; and | | (b) | affixed on that car in accordance with rule 38B of those Rules. [S 362/2017 wef 01/07/2017] |
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| Taking up or setting down passengers of chauffeured private hire cars |
22D. A chauffeured private hire car driver must not, for the purpose of taking up or setting down passengers, stop the chauffeured private hire car —| (a) | on a road specified in Part I of the Second Schedule (except in a driveway of a building along the road) from 7.30 a.m. to 8 p.m. (both times inclusive) of any day which is not a Sunday or public holiday; and | | (b) | on a road specified in Part II of the Second Schedule (except in a driveway of a building along the road) from 7.30 a.m. to 9.30 a.m. (both times inclusive) and from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. (both times inclusive) of any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or public holiday. [S 362/2017 wef 01/07/2017] |
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23.—(1) A licensee, when acting as a taxi driver, shall —| (a) | display within such taxi, the registered number of the vehicle in such manner and position as the Registrar may direct; | | (b) | [Deleted by S 362/2017 wef 01/07/2017] | | (c) | in the absence of any reasonable cause to do otherwise, proceed to the destination named by a passenger or hirer of the taxi by the shortest and most direct route; | | (d) | start the taximeter fitted to the taxi only after the passenger has, or if there is more than one passenger, all of the passengers have, boarded the taxi and the licensee has accepted the hiring of the taxi; [S 736/2015 wef 01/12/2015] | | (da) | stop the taximeter as soon as the hiring of the taxi is terminated; [S 736/2015 wef 01/12/2015] | | (e) | subject to paragraph (f), during any hiring of the taxi or conveyance of any passenger, keep the taximeter in motion and shall not stop the taximeter or cause or permit the taximeter to be stopped until the hiring is terminated or the last passenger has alighted; | | (f) | when the taxi conveying any passenger for the purpose of gain stops on a road or any other place owing to a shortage of fuel or to any defect in the vehicle or its tyres, immediately cause the flag or sign of the taximeter to show “stopped”, and shall not set the mechanism of the taximeter in motion again until the taxi is able to resume the journey; | | (g) | not, under any circumstances, cover or obscure the face of the taximeter when the taxi is hired, conveying any passenger for the purpose of gain or being plied for hire; | | (h) | at all times when the taxi is available for hire, keep an up‑to‑date map, directory or other form of navigational device (either in paper or electronic format) in the taxi; [S 362/2017 wef 01/07/2017] | | (i) | [Deleted by S 362/2017 wef 01/07/2017] | | (j) | [Deleted by S 362/2017 wef 01/07/2017] | | (k) | [Deleted by S 362/2017 wef 01/07/2017] | | (l) | [Deleted by S 919/2020 wef 30/10/2020] | | (m) | not without invitation or permission enter the compound of any private property or private road; | | (n) | [Deleted by S 27/2016 wef 22/01/2016] | | (o) | not solicit passengers; | | (p) | not, without reasonable cause or excuse, leave his taxi unattended; | | (q) | take reasonable steps to ensure that the taxi roof sign shows the message accurately stating when —| (i) | the taxi is available or unavailable for hire; | | (ii) | there is a booking for the taxi assigned by a ride-hail service provider; or [S 919/2020 wef 30/10/2020] | | (iii) | there is a change in shift for the licensee; and [S 362/2017 wef 01/07/2017] [S 736/2015 wef 01/12/2015] |
| | (r) | issue to the passenger, or any passenger if there is more than one passenger, a receipt for the passenger’s journey in the taxi, that at a minimum contains the following information:| (i) | the registered number of the taxi; | | (ii) | the date and time of that journey; | | (iii) | any fare for that journey; | | (iv) | if applicable, the booking fee for hiring the taxi through a ride-hail service provider. [S 362/2017 wef 01/07/2017] [S 736/2015 wef 01/12/2015] [S 919/2020 wef 30/10/2020] [S 457/2020 wef 11/06/2020] |
| | (s) | [Deleted by S 362/2017 wef 01/07/2017] [S 736/2015 wef 01/12/2015] [S 362/2017 wef 01/07/2017] |
| (2) [Deleted by S 919/2020 wef 30/10/2020] |
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24. A licensee, when acting as a taxi driver, shall not ply a taxi for hire or for the purpose of gain unless the taximeter —| (a) | has been sealed by the Registrar or an authorised officer and every seal which has been affixed to the taximeter under these Rules is intact and every part thereof in good order and condition; | | (b) | is so adjusted that it will register the fare or hiring charge approved by the Public Transport Council under the Public Transport Council Act [Cap. 259B] correctly; and | | (c) | is affixed to the vehicle in a manner approved by the Registrar or an authorised officer. |
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| Prohibition on refusal to convey passenger |
| 25. No taxi driver shall, without reasonable excuse, refuse to hire out his taxi or convey any passenger for the purpose of gain. |
| Stopping of taxis on roads, and taxi stops |
26.—(1) No taxi driver shall stop the taxi for the purpose of taking up or setting down passengers —| (a) | on a road specified in Part I of the Second Schedule (except at a taxi stop or taxi stand, or in a driveway of a building, along the road) from 7.30 a.m. to 8 p.m. (both times inclusive) of any day other than a Sunday or public holiday; [S 79/2012 wef 01/03/2012] [S 643/2012 wef 01/01/2013] [S 108/2008 wef 01/03/2008] | | (b) | on a road specified in Part II of the Second Schedule (except at a taxi stop or taxi stand, or in a driveway of a building, along the road) from 7.30 a.m. to 9.30 a.m. (both times inclusive) and from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. (both times inclusive) of any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or public holiday; and [S 643/2012 wef 01/01/2013] | | (c) | along the roads within the boundary specified in Part III of the Second Schedule, except at a taxi stop along the road. [S 302/2005 wef 16/05/2005] |
| (2) A taxi driver may stop the taxi at a taxi stop for the purpose of taking up or setting down passengers, goods or luggage. [S 367/2016 wef 29/07/2016] |
| (3) A taxi driver must not park the taxi at a taxi stop. [S 367/2016 wef 29/07/2016] |
| (3A) A taxi driver must not stop, park or station the taxi in the vicinity of a taxi stop when that taxi is not hired out or carrying any passenger for the purpose of gain. [S 367/2016 wef 29/07/2016] |
| (4) Where railings are provided to enable prospective passengers to queue up at a taxi stop, no taxi driver shall accept as a fare any prospective passenger at such taxi stop except the person at the head of the queue and his co-passengers, if any. [S 108/2008 wef 01/03/2008] |
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| Taxi stands and other public stands |
27.—(1) [Deleted by S 367/2016 wef 29/07/2016]| (2) The number of taxis using a taxi stand shall not exceed the number for which the stand is provided. [S 367/2016 wef 29/07/2016] |
| (3) The number of taxis authorised to stop, park or station at a taxi stand shall be indicated on a board or plate at the taxi stand. [S 367/2016 wef 29/07/2016] |
| (4) The board or plate referred to in paragraph (3) shall also indicate that the taxi stand is provided for taxis. [S 367/2016 wef 29/07/2016] |
| (5) The position of the board or plate shall denote the front of the taxi stand. [S 367/2016 wef 29/07/2016] |
| (6) [Deleted by S 367/2016 wef 29/07/2016] |
| (7) No taxi driver shall stop, park or station a taxi at a taxi stand which is occupied by the number of taxis authorised to stop, park or station thereat, or in the vicinity of a taxi stand when that taxi is not hired out or carrying any passenger for the purpose of gain. [S 367/2016 wef 29/07/2016] |
| (8) Where a taxi stand is provided for the accommodation of taxis in a file, a taxi driver, who wishes to stop, park or station a taxi at the taxi stand shall drive his taxi into the taxi stand from the rear and into any vacant space in front of the taxi until he reaches the front of the taxi stand. [S 367/2016 wef 29/07/2016] |
| (9) Where a taxi stand is provided for the accommodation of taxis in a line or row, a taxi driver who wishes to stop, park or station a taxi at the taxi stand shall drive into the taxi stand from the rear and into the foremost adjacent vacant space thereat until he reaches the front of the taxi stand. [S 367/2016 wef 29/07/2016] |
| (10) No taxi driver who has driven a taxi from a space at a taxi stand may stop, park or station his taxi at such space on his return to the taxi stand unless the space is vacant. [S 367/2016 wef 29/07/2016] |
| (11) On a call being received for one or more taxis stopped, parked or stationed at a taxi stand, no taxi in excess of the number required by the call shall leave the taxi stand; and the taxi or taxis shall be driven from the taxi stand in an orderly manner and in regular succession from the front of the taxi stand. [S 367/2016 wef 29/07/2016] |
| (12) Every taxi driver, whose taxi is stopped, parked or stationed at a taxi stand, shall behave in an orderly manner and shall not annoy or shout at any person for the purpose of obtaining passengers or otherwise. [S 367/2016 wef 29/07/2016] |
| (13) No taxi driver shall wilfully obstruct, impede or prevent any other taxi driver from stopping, parking or stationing a taxi at a taxi stand. [S 367/2016 wef 29/07/2016] |
| (14) [Deleted by S 367/2016 wef 29/07/2016] |
| (15) [Deleted by S 367/2016 wef 29/07/2016] |
| (16) No taxi driver shall use a taxi stand or a taxi stopped, parked or stationed at a taxi stand, road or public place as a place for sleeping. [S 367/2016 wef 29/07/2016] |
| (17) No person shall stop, park or station a taxi at a public stand provided and indicated by means of a board, plate or other sign as a public stand for vehicles other than taxis. |
| (18) No taxi driver shall stop, park or station a taxi, which has been hired by a person to carry one or more passengers at a later time, at a taxi stand, unless the taxi driver is willing to hire out his taxi to another person whilst the taxi is stopped, parked or stationed at the taxi stand. [S 367/2016 wef 29/07/2016] [S 367/2016 wef 29/07/2016] |
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28.—(1) A licensee, when acting as a taxi driver, must display in the taxi —| (a) | a table of the fares for providing a street-hail service using the taxi or an on-demand passenger transport service using the taxi for which a metered ride-hail fare is chargeable in accordance with Part 4 of the Public Transport Council (Ride-hail Fare Pricing Policy) Order 2020, in a manner and position as the Registrar may direct; or | | (b) | a link to an online location (such as a Quick Response code) that contains the table mentioned in sub-paragraph (a), if the Registrar approves the link to be displayed in the taxi. |
[S 258/2023 wef 28/04/2023] (2) This rule does not apply in relation to the use of a taxi to provide a street-hail service or a ride-hail service that is the subject of —| (a) | the Public Transport Council (Exempt Street-hail Service Providers) Order 2020 (G.N. No. S 914/2020); or | | (b) | the Public Transport Council (Exempt Ride-hail Service Providers) Order 2020 (G.N. No. S 915/2020). |
[S 919/2020 wef 30/10/2020] |
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| Conduct of omnibus drivers |
29. A licensee, when acting as an omnibus driver, must —| (a) | not stop the omnibus at any place for the purpose of picking up or setting down passengers other than at a bus terminus or a bus-stop provided or appointed for such purpose; | | (b) | not speak to the conductor or any other person when the omnibus is in motion unless there is a reasonable cause to do so; | | (c) | not refuel the omnibus whilst the omnibus has any passenger in it who is being conveyed for the purpose of gain; and | | (d) | stop the omnibus at the next bus-stop whenever signalled to do so by a passenger in the omnibus or by any person at the bus-stop unless there is a reasonable cause to do otherwise. [S 362/2017 wef 01/07/2017] |
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| Carriage of article in omnibus |
30.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), a driver of an omnibus shall not permit any person to bring into the omnibus any article which is likely to —| (a) | cause any inconvenience, obstruction, discomfort or injury to any passenger in the omnibus; | | (b) | cause any damage to the omnibus or any property in the omnibus; or | | (c) | soil the omnibus or any passenger or property in the omnibus. [S 373/2015 wef 19/06/2015] |
| (2) Despite paragraph (1), a driver of an omnibus may permit a person to bring either a foldable bicycle that complies with paragraph (3) or a personal mobility device that complies with paragraph (4A), into the omnibus if the driver is satisfied that the bringing of that bicycle or personal mobility device into the omnibus is unlikely to cause any inconvenience, obstruction, discomfort or injury to any passenger in the omnibus, or any damage to the omnibus or any property in the omnibus. [S 617/2016 wef 01/12/2016] |
(3) A driver of an omnibus may permit a person to bring one foldable bicycle into the omnibus if —| (a) | [Deleted by S 617/2016 wef 01/12/2016] | | (b) | [Deleted by S 617/2016 wef 01/12/2016] | | (c) | the bicycle is folded; | | (d) | the dimensions of the folded bicycle do not exceed 120 cm by 70 cm by 40 cm; [S 617/2016 wef 01/12/2016] | | (e) | the wheels of the bicycle are covered in such manner as to prevent any dirt on the wheels from being deposited in the omnibus or from soiling the omnibus or any passenger or property in the omnibus; and | | (f) | the bicycle’s handle bars and pedals that extend beyond the frame of the bicycle are enclosed in such manner as to minimise the risk of injury to any passenger in the omnibus, or damage to the omnibus or to any property in the omnibus. [S 617/2016 wef 01/12/2016] |
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(4) A person who is permitted under paragraph (3) to bring a foldable bicycle into an omnibus shall, for the duration that he remains in the omnibus —| (a) | keep his bicycle folded, with its longest side in a vertical position; | | (b) | keep covered the wheels of the bicycle in the manner required under paragraph (3)(e); | | (c) | keep enclosed the bicycle’s handle bars and pedals that extend beyond the frame of the bicycle in the manner required under paragraph (3)(f); and | | (d) | where the omnibus has an upper deck, ensure that the bicycle is not placed on the upper deck or on the stairs leading to the upper deck. |
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(4A) A driver of an omnibus may permit a person to bring one personal mobility device into the omnibus if —| (a) | the personal mobility device, if foldable, is folded; | | (b) | the dimensions of the personal mobility device or the folded personal mobility device (if foldable) do not exceed 120 cm by 70 cm by 40 cm; | | (c) | the wheels of the personal mobility device are covered so as to prevent any dirt on the wheels being deposited in the omnibus or soiling the omnibus or any passenger or property in the omnibus; and | | (d) | any handlebar or pedal of the personal mobility device that extends beyond the frame of the personal mobility device is enclosed so as to minimise the risk of injury to any passenger in the omnibus, or damage to the omnibus or to any property in the omnibus. [S 617/2016 wef 01/12/2016] |
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(4B) A person who is permitted under paragraph (4A) to bring a personal mobility device into an omnibus must, for the duration that the person remains in the omnibus —| (a) | where the personal mobility device is foldable, keep the personal mobility device folded, with its longest side in a vertical position; | | (b) | comply with all the requirements in paragraph (4A)(c) and (d); | | (c) | where the personal mobility device is propelled by an electric motor, switch off the personal mobility device immediately after boarding the omnibus and keep the personal mobility device switched off; and | | (d) | where the omnibus has an upper deck, ensure that personal mobility device is not placed on the upper deck or on the stairs leading to the upper deck. [S 617/2016 wef 01/12/2016] |
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| (4C) A driver of an omnibus must not permit any person to bring into the omnibus any article with dimensions exceeding 120 cm by 70 cm by 40 cm. [S 617/2016 wef 01/12/2016] |
(5) Despite paragraph (3) or (4A), an authorised person may at any time require any person who brings a foldable bicycle or a personal mobility device into an omnibus to alight from the omnibus with that person’s bicycle or personal mobility device if —| (a) | that person fails to comply with any of the conditions in paragraph (4) or (4B), as the case may be; or [S 617/2016 wef 01/12/2016] | | (b) | the authorised person is of the opinion that the bicycle or personal mobility device causes or is likely to cause any inconvenience, obstruction, discomfort or injury to any passenger in the omnibus, or any damage to the omnibus or any property in the omnibus, [S 617/2016 wef 01/12/2016] |
| and that person shall comply with that requirement within a reasonable time. |
[S 373/2015 wef 19/06/2015] [S 617/2016 wef 01/12/2016] |
(6) In this rule —| “bicycle” includes a power-assisted bicycle; |
“mobility scooter” means a vehicle that —| (a) | has 3 or more wheels and a footboard supported by the wheels; | | (b) | is steered by handlebars; | | (c) | has a seat; | | (d) | is designed to carry an individual who is unable to walk or has difficulty in walking; and | | (e) | is propelled by a motor that forms part of the vehicle; |
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“personal mobility device” means a wheeled device that —| (a) | is built to transport people only (with or without carry‑on baggage); and | | (b) | is propelled by an electric motor attached to the device or by human power or both, |
| and includes a skateboard, but does not include a bicycle, motor car, wheelchair (motorised or otherwise), mobility scooter, pram, stroller, trolley, inline skates or roller-skates; |
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“power-assisted bicycle” means a bicycle that —| (a) | is equipped with an electric motor; and | | (b) | may be propelled by human power or by the electric motor with which it is equipped, or by both. [S 617/2016 wef 01/12/2016] [S 373/2015 wef 19/06/2015] |
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| Carriage of animal in omnibus |
30A.—(1) A driver of an omnibus must not permit any individual to bring into the omnibus any animal which is likely to —| (a) | cause any inconvenience, obstruction, discomfort or injury to any passenger in the omnibus; | | (b) | cause any damage to the omnibus or any property in the omnibus; or | | (c) | soil the omnibus or any passenger or property in the omnibus. |
| (2) Despite paragraph (1), a driver of an omnibus must permit a police officer on official duty or a member of an auxiliary police force in uniform to bring a dog into the omnibus. |
| (3) Despite paragraph (1), a driver of an omnibus may permit a blind or visually impaired individual to bring a guide dog into the omnibus. |
| (4) An individual who is permitted under paragraph (3) to bring a guide dog into an omnibus must keep the guide dog on a leash and under proper control for the duration that the individual remains in the omnibus. |
(5) An authorised person may at any time require an individual (except a police officer on official duty or a member of an auxiliary police force in uniform) who brings an animal into the omnibus to alight from the omnibus with the animal if —| (a) | the individual, being a blind or visually impaired individual, fails to comply with paragraph (4); or | | (b) | the authorised person is of the opinion that the animal (including a guide dog) —| (i) | has caused or is likely to cause any inconvenience, obstruction, discomfort or injury to any passenger in the omnibus; | | (ii) | has caused or is likely to cause any damage to the omnibus or any property in the omnibus; or | | (iii) | has soiled or is likely to soil the omnibus or any passenger or property in the omnibus, |
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| and the individual must comply with that requirement within a reasonable time. |
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| Conduct of trishaw riders |
31. A licensee, when acting as a trishaw rider, shall —| (a) | if so requested by a passenger, unless he has reasonable excuse to do otherwise, ride the trishaw to any place within 8 kilometres from the place at which his services and the trishaw are hired:Provided that he may rest for not more than 10 minutes after every 5 kilometres covered and may refuse to accept any hire of his services and the trishaw for more than 8 hours at a time; |
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| | (b) | not place the trishaw or any part thereof over any pedestrian pavement; | | (c) | not ride the trishaw after sunset without proper lamps of a type approved by the Registrar and affixed to the trishaw; | | (d) | in the absence of any reasonable cause to do otherwise, proceed to the destination named by a passenger of the trishaw by the shortest and most direct route; | | (e) | prohibit the carriage in the trishaw of more passengers than those which the trishaw is licensed to carry; and | | (f) | not ride or push the trishaw on any of the roads specified in the Third Schedule —| (i) | from Monday to Friday, except on a gazetted public holiday, during the following hours: | | 4.30 p.m. — 7.00 p.m.; and |
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| 32. [Deleted by S 139/2007 wef 30/03/2007] |
| 33. The rates of hire for a trishaw shall be mutually agreed between the passenger and the trishaw rider. |
| 34. [Deleted by S 139/2007 wef 30/03/2007] |
| 35. [Deleted by S 139/2007 wef 30/03/2007] |
| 36. [Deleted by S 367/2016 wef 29/07/2016] |
| 36A. [Deleted by S 367/2016 wef 29/07/2016] |
| 37. [Deleted by S 139/2007 wef 30/03/2007] |
| Search of vehicle by driver and conductor |
| 38. Immediately before or on the termination of any journey, the driver (other than a chauffeured private hire car driver or taxi driver) and the conductor (if any) of a vehicle must, as far as practicable, search the vehicle for any property left in the vehicle. [S 776/2023 wef 01/12/2023] |
| Property left in vehicles |
39.—(1) The driver and the conductor (if any) of a vehicle must, as soon as reasonably practicable after finding any property left in the vehicle (whether or not pursuant to a search of the vehicle under rule 38), deposit the property in the state in which it came into his possession —| (a) | where the property is —| (i) | any arm, as defined in the Arms Offences Act (Cap. 14); | | (ii) | any explosive substance, offensive weapon or scheduled weapon, as defined in the Corrosive and Explosive Substances and Offensive Weapons Act (Cap. 65); or | | (iii) | any controlled drug, as defined in the Misuse of Drugs Act (Cap. 185), |
| with a police officer, at a police station; |
| | (b) | where the property is money in excess of $1,000, whether in the form of cash, any bank draft, cheque or other negotiable instrument or any combination of cash, bank draft, cheque and other negotiable instrument and is found in a vehicle that is not for a bus service operated by a specified company —| (i) | with an authorised officer, at the office of the Registrar; or | | (ii) | with a police officer, at a police station; or [S 919/2020 wef 30/10/2020] |
| | (c) | in the case of any other property, with the persons specified and in the manner described in paragraph (1A), (1B) or (1C), whichever is applicable. [S 249/2016 wef 28/05/2016] [S 776/2023 wef 01/12/2023] |
| (1A) Where the property is left in a licensed chauffeured private hire car or taxi that is owned by a specified company, the property must be deposited with a designated employee of the specified company at the address of the specified company in Part 1 of the Fifth Schedule. [S 249/2016 wef 28/05/2016] [S 919/2020 wef 30/10/2020] |
(1B) Where the property is left in a vehicle for a bus service that is operated by a specified company, the property must be deposited as follows:| (a) | where the bus journey terminates at a bus terminus operated by the same or another specified company —| (i) | with a designated employee of the specified company at the bus terminus; or | | (ii) | with a designated employee of the specified company operating the bus service at the address of the specified company in Part 1 of the Fifth Schedule, if sub-paragraph (i) does not apply; |
| | (b) | where the bus journey terminates other than at a bus terminal or bus interchange mentioned in Part 2 of the Fifth Schedule, with a designated employee of the specified company at the address of the specified company in Part 1 of the Fifth Schedule. [S 249/2016 wef 28/05/2016] |
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(1C) Where the property is left in a vehicle that is not mentioned in paragraph (1A) or (1B), the property must be deposited —| (a) | with an authorised officer, at the office of the Registrar; or | | (b) | with a police officer, at a police station. [S 249/2016 wef 28/05/2016] |
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| (2) The recipient of any property under paragraph (1) shall give the driver or conductor a receipt for the property. |
| (3) [Deleted by S 249/2016 wef 28/05/2016] |
| (4) The Registrar or specified company having the custody of the property shall retain it in safe keeping until it is claimed by its owner or disposed of in accordance with paragraphs (7), (8), (9), (12), (13) and (14). |
(5) Where any property deposited at the office of the Registrar under paragraph (1C)(a) consists of a package, bag or other receptacle and its contents, the Registrar or an authorised officer may cause the package, bag or receptacle to be opened and its contents to be examined if he considers it necessary to do so for the purpose of —| (a) | identifying and tracing the owner of the property; or | | (b) | ascertaining the nature of the contents. [S 249/2016 wef 28/05/2016] |
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| (6) Where the name and address of the owner of any property deposited at the office of the Registrar are readily ascertainable, the Registrar shall immediately notify the owner that the property is in his possession and may be claimed in accordance with this rule. |
(7) Subject to paragraph (8), if any property retained by the Registrar under paragraph (4) is not proved to the satisfaction of the Registrar to belong to a claimant within 3 months from the date on which it was deposited under paragraph (1)(b)(i) or (1C)(a) —| (a) | where the property is money, it shall be paid into the Consolidated Fund; | | (b) | where the property is of any type set out in the first column of the Sixth Schedule, it shall be disposed of in the corresponding manner of disposal set out in the second column of that Schedule; or [S 724/2006 wef 29/12/2006] | | (c) | in the case of any other property, it may thereupon be sold, destroyed or otherwise disposed of as the Registrar sees fit. [S 249/2016 wef 28/05/2016] |
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| (8) If any property retained by the Registrar under paragraph (4) appears to him to be of a perishable nature, and if it is not claimed within 48 hours from the time it was found, it may thereupon be sold, destroyed or otherwise disposed of as he sees fit. |
| (9) Any money obtained from any sale under paragraph (7)(c) or (8) shall be paid into the Consolidated Fund. |
(10) Where any property deposited under paragraph (1A) or (1B) at the address of a specified company in Part 1 of the Fifth Schedule or at a bus terminus operated by a specified company consists of a package, bag or other receptacle and its contents, a designated officer of the specified company may cause the package, bag or receptacle to be opened and its contents to be examined if he considers it necessary to do so for the purpose of —| (a) | identifying and tracing the owner of the property; or | | (b) | ascertaining the nature of the contents. [S 249/2016 wef 28/05/2016] |
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| (11) Where the name and address of the owner of any property deposited as mentioned in paragraph (10) are readily ascertainable, the specified company shall immediately notify the owner that the property is in its possession and may be claimed in accordance with this rule. [S 249/2016 wef 28/05/2016] |
(12) Subject to paragraph (13), if any property retained by a specified company under paragraph (4) is not proved to the satisfaction of a designated officer of the specified company to belong to a claimant within 3 months from the date on which it was deposited under paragraph (1A) or (1B) —| (a) | where the property is money, it shall belong to the specified company; | | (b) | where the property is of any type set out in the first column of the Sixth Schedule, it shall be disposed of in the corresponding manner of disposal set out in the second column of that Schedule; or [S 724/2006 wef 29/12/2006] | | (c) | in the case of any other property, it may thereupon be sold by public auction or disposed of in such other manner as may be approved by the Registrar. [S 249/2016 wef 28/05/2016] |
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| (13) If any property retained by a specified company under paragraph (4) appears to a designated officer of the specified company to be of a perishable nature, and if it is not claimed within 48 hours from the time it was found, it may thereupon be sold, destroyed or otherwise disposed of as he sees fit. |
| (14) Any money obtained from any sale under paragraph (12)(c) or (13) shall belong to the specified company. |
| (15) The Registrar shall maintain a register of all property deposited at his office under paragraph (1)(b)(i) or (1C)(a) and of the disposal of the property. [S 249/2016 wef 28/05/2016] |
| (16) Every specified company must maintain a record of all property deposited at its address in Part 1 of the Fifth Schedule or at a bus terminus it operates, and of the disposal of the property. [S 249/2016 wef 28/05/2016] |
| (17) A specified company shall, when requested to by the Registrar or any authorised officer, produce its record under paragraph (16) to the Registrar or authorised officer. [S 249/2016 wef 28/05/2016] |
(18) In this rule and the Fifth and Sixth Schedules, unless the context otherwise requires —| “bus terminus” means a bus terminal or bus interchange at an address in Part 2 of the Fifth Schedule; |
| “designated employee”, in relation to a specified company, means an employee of the specified company designated to receive and handle lost and found property; |
| “designated officer”, in relation to a specified company, means an officer of the specified company designated by the specified company for the purposes of all or any of paragraphs (10), (12) and (13); |
| “property” includes money; |
| “specified company” means a street-hail service licensee, ride-hail service licensee or bus service operator described in Part 1 of the Fifth Schedule. [S 249/2016 wef 28/05/2016] [S 919/2020 wef 30/10/2020] |
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