13.—(1) Any person who, when bringing or attempting to bring a motor car in respect of which a road-user charge referred to in rule 11 is payable out of Singapore —
(a)
fails to comply with rule 12(1);
(b)
in purported compliance with rule 12(1), inserts into a card machine at the relevant checkpoint a vehicle entry card the stored value of which is less than the road-user charge payable under rule 11 after deducting any toll for that motor car,
shall be guilty of an offence.
(2) Where the Registrar or an authorised officer has reason to believe that a person has committed an offence under paragraph (1) —
(a)
the Registrar or authorised officer may, by notice or otherwise, require the person to pay, in such manner as the Registrar may require, the road-user charge payable under rule 11 by the person and an administrative charge of $10; and
(b)
if the person complies with the requirement under sub‑paragraph (a), the person shall not be guilty of the offence.
(3) In any proceedings for an offence under paragraph (1)(b), it is a defence for the defendant to prove —
(a)
that the road-user charge, or any road-user charge that cannot be deducted from the stored value of the vehicle entry card under rule 12(1), was not incurred by the defendant; or
(b)
that the defendant did not know and could not reasonably have discovered that the stored value of the vehicle entry card was insufficient.
(4) In this rule, “authorised officer” means an officer authorised by the Registrar to administer and enforce this Part.