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]
(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.