Unlawful entry into specified entry point
8.—(1)   Subject to paragraphs (1A) and (2), any person who during the restricted hours rides, drives or moves a motor vehicle into a specified entry point on a specified road when —
(a)there is no in-vehicle unit installed in the vehicle;
(b)the in-vehicle unit therein has not been properly installed in accordance with the Second Schedule;
(c)the in-vehicle unit installed therein is defective;
(d)the in-vehicle unit installed therein has been unlawfully taken from another motor vehicle;
(e)the in-vehicle unit therein has been installed, repaired, tampered with, adjusted, altered or modified in contravention of rule 4;
(f)no ERP card has been inserted in the in-vehicle unit;
(g)the ERP card has not been properly inserted in the in-vehicle unit;
(h)the ERP card being used by him with the in-vehicle unit has a stored value of an amount that is insufficient to pay for any road user charge incurred by him; or
(i)the ERP card being used by him with the in-vehicle unit is a forgery or is defective,
shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $1,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 months or to both.
(1A)  Where the Registrar has reason to believe that a person has committed an offence under paragraph (1)(f), (g) or (h) —
(a)the Registrar may by notice in writing require the person to pay, within such time and in such manner as may be specified in the notice, the road user charge incurred by him and an administrative charge of $10; and
(b)if the person to whom the notice is given complies with it, he shall not be guilty of the offence under paragraph (1)(f), (g) or (h), as the case may be.
[S 242/99 wef 01/06/1999]
(2)  It shall be a defence in any prosecution for a contravention or non-compliance with —
(a)paragraph (1)(b), (c), (d), (e), (g), (h) or (i) for the person charged to prove to the satisfaction of the court that he did not know nor could reasonably have discovered the contravention or non-compliance referred to in the charge; or
(b)paragraph (1)(c), (e) or (i) involving the use of a defective in-vehicle unit or a defective ERP card, as the case may be, for the person charged to prove to the satisfaction of the court that the defect in the in-vehicle unit or ERP card occurred through no fault of his in the course of the journey during which the offence was committed.