Road Traffic Act 1961 - Singapore Statutes Online

Rules for purposes of this Part

48.—(1) The Minister may make rules for any purpose for which rules may be made under this Part and for prescribing anything which may be prescribed under this Part and otherwise for the purpose of carrying this Part into effect and, in particular, may make rules —

(a)	to regulate the granting and renewal of driving licences under section 35 or competency test certificates under section 47H(1), to prescribe the form of application for and the contents of driving licences under section 35 or competency test certificates under section 47H(1), to prescribe the fees to be charged therefor and the manner of payment thereof;
(b)	with respect to the nature of tests of competence to drive a motor vehicle or ride a road‑only PAB on roads, the administration of the tests of competence, and evidence of the result of attending and successfully completing any such test;
(c)	to require a person submitting himself or herself for a test to provide a motor vehicle for the purpose thereof and to prescribe the fee to be charged for a test;
(d)	to ensure that a person submitting himself or herself for a test and failing to pass that test is not eligible to submit himself or herself for another test by the same or any other person before the end of a prescribed period except under an order made by a court under the power conferred by section 36(7);
(e)	to prescribe the record to be kept in respect of driving licences under section 35 or competency test certificates under section 47H(1);
(f)	to provide special facilities for granting driving licences to persons not resident in Singapore;
(g)	for modifying the provisions of this Part relating to the licensing of drivers of motor vehicles in the case of persons resident abroad and who enter Singapore intending to make only a temporary stay in Singapore;
(h)	to make any particulars with respect to persons, who are disqualified from holding or obtaining driving licences or whose licences are suspended, available for use by the Deputy Commissioner of Police, to prevent a person holding more than one driving licence, to facilitate the identification of holders of driving licences, to provide for the issue of a new licence in the place of a driving licence lost or defaced on payment of a prescribed fee (if any) and in connection with driving licences generally; and
(i)	to prescribe the circumstances in which a person may be required to be certified by a registered medical practitioner as fit to drive a vehicle, or may be required by the Deputy Commissioner of Police to pass any prescribed test of competence to drive, before the granting or renewal of the person’s driving licence. [28/2014; 12/2021]

(2) The Minister may by those rules confer on the Deputy Commissioner of Police a discretion to waive, in any particular case, the application of any of those rules to or in relation to any person subject to any conditions that the Deputy Commissioner of Police may impose.

[28/2014]

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