Parking Places Act 1974

any heavy goods vehicle or concrete mixer, the maximum laden weight of which exceeds 5,000 kilograms;

any bus with a seating capacity of more than 15 persons, not inclusive of the driver;

any trailer, container trailer, low loader or flat‑bed trailer, the maximum laden weight of which exceeds 5,000 kilograms; and(d)any mobile crane or recovery vehicle, the unladen weight of which exceeds 2,500 kilograms;

is appointed under section 11 of the Land Transport Authority of Singapore Act 1995;

is authorised by or under that Act to exercise any powers under any provision of this Act or subsidiary legislation made under this Act, as the case may be; and(c)is acting within that authorisation;

one or more motor vehicles other than heavy vehicles; (b)one or more heavy vehicles, whether or not in addition to any motor vehicle which is not a heavy vehicle; or(c)one or more bicycles, power-assisted bicycles or personal mobility devices or a combination of such vehicles,but does not include any parking place provided under section 4;

in relation to any provision in this Act, appoint any of its officers or employees to be an enforcement officer for the purposes of that provision, either generally or in a particular case; and(b)delegate to any enforcement officer the exercise of all or any of the powers conferred or duties imposed upon the Authority by any provision in this Act (except the power of delegation conferred by this subsection), subject to such conditions or limitations as the Authority may specify; and any reference in that provision to the Authority includes a reference to such an enforcement officer.

utilise any land or premises which may lawfully be acquired or appropriated;

utilise any land or premises owned or occupied by any statutory body upon such terms and conditions as may be agreed upon between the Minister and the statutory body; or(c)permit any part of a road to be used as a parking place.

the parking place is for the parking of personal mobility devices; or(b)the use of such part of the road as a parking place will unreasonably prevent access to any premises adjoining the road or to the use of the road by any person entitled to the use of the road, or will cause a nuisance to any person.

permit the use as a private parking place of any land or premises with respect to which an agreement has been made between the Superintendent and the owner or the occupier thereof for the use of the land or premises as a private parking place; and(b)prescribe the manner in which a licensee must maintain or operate a licensed private parking place.

has not been kept or maintained in a state of good and serviceable repair or in a proper and clean condition;

has been discontinued without the permission of the Superintendent; or(c)has been altered (whether by repair or otherwise) so as to render the parking place to be non‑compliant with any rules made under section 22,the Superintendent may, by notice, require the owner or the occupier of the land or premises to carry out such repairs, work or alteration to the parking place, or to reinstate the parking place (as the case may be) as the Superintendent thinks fit to be carried out.

the manner in which the repairs, work, alteration or reinstatement specified in the notice is to be carried out;

the time within which the repairs, work, alteration or reinstatement must be completed; and(c)that the repairs, work, alteration or reinstatement must be carried out with due diligence to the satisfaction of the Superintendent.

carry out or cause to be carried out all or any of the repairs, work, alteration or reinstatement specified in that notice; and(b)recover all expenses reasonably incurred by the Superintendent in the exercise of the Superintendent’s powers under this section from the person in default.

any land or premises on which any private parking place is, on or after 8 May 2018, provided; or(b)any land or premises on which any development (within the meaning of the Planning Act 1998) is or is to be carried out and in respect of which —

written permission is granted on or after 8 May 2018; or(ii)an application for approval of a proposal or plan for the provision of parking lots is pending on that date,must provide and maintain the private parking place provided or to be provided on the land or premises only in accordance with the applicable requirements for parking places.

are specified in the proposal or plan for the provision of parking lots in the private parking place last approved (or deemed approved) by the Authority; or(b)are specified in the last waiver granted (or deemed granted) under section 6B in relation to the private parking place.

the proximity and accessibility of the land or premises to other forms of public passenger transport facilities; (b)the availability of other parking places in the vicinity of the land or premises;

traffic flow around the land or premises and the road capacity;

access to roads, public streets, private footways and public paths;

such other matters and evidence as may be relevant.

the number of parking lots in the private parking place; (b)the layout, arrangement, dimensions or area of any parking lot in the private parking place; or(c)the design of parking facilities in that private parking place,and change includes the making of a material change in the use as a parking lot.

the Authority waives the requirement in those rules because, in the opinion of the Authority, it would be unduly onerous or unreasonable for the owner or occupier to comply with that requirement; and (b)where the waiver affects the applicable number of parking lots, the owner or occupier pays to the Authority a deficiency charge.

the proximity and accessibility of the land or premises to other forms of public passenger transport facilities;

the availability of other parking places in the vicinity of the land or premises;

traffic flow around the land or premises and the road capacity;

access to roads, public streets, private footways and public paths;

the physical topography and location of the land or premises;

other regulatory requirements which the owner of the land or premises must also comply with in relation to the private parking place;

the safety of pedestrians, drivers, riders and other road and public path users;

such other matters and evidence as may be relevant.

fix the parking charge for parking of a vehicle in any parking place provided under section 4; (b)change any parking charge fixed under paragraph (a) in accordance with this section;

waive in any particular case the payment of the whole or part of any parking charge; and(d)refund the whole or part of any parking charge paid in error or overpaid.

for different parking places; (b)for different types of vehicles; (c)for parking at different times; and(d)for different payment methods.

give public notice of the fixing or change (as the case may be) of the parking charge;

specify in the public notice mentioned in paragraph (a) the parking charge or changed parking charge (as the case may be) and the parking place, vehicle or time (as the case may be) to which it applies, and the date which the parking charge or the changed parking charge takes effect; and(c)except for season parking charges, ensure that, so long as the parking charge or changed parking charge is in effect, the parking charge or changed parking charge (as the case may be), and the following information (where applicable), are displayed on one or more traffic signs erected at every entrance to the parking place, or in a conspicuous location within the parking place so that the traffic signs may be easily seen and read:

information indicating the period of time for which parking is permitted in that parking place;

information indicating the times when a vehicle may be parked in accordance with the sign;

information indicating that parking is reserved for vehicles belonging to the class of vehicles referred to in the sign.

by causing it to be published in the daily newspapers circulating in Singapore in all the official languages;

by making accessible the information mentioned in subsection (3)(b) —

in the case of any parking place maintained or operated by a statutory body except the Authority, on the statutory body’s website; and(ii)in all other cases, on the Authority’s website; (c)by causing it to be published in any other manner that the Superintendent considers will secure adequate publicity for the parking charge fixed or changed.

a reference to a parking charge includes a reference to a season parking charge, and a surcharge which is payable if a parking charge is not paid within a specified time; and(b)a reference to the Superintendent in relation to a parking place provided under section 4 maintained or operated by a statutory body includes a reference to a Deputy Superintendent or an Assistant Superintendent who is an officer employed by the statutory body.

by collecting from a person reasonably suspected of having committed the offence a sum not exceeding the lower of the following amounts: (i)one half of the amount of the maximum fine that is prescribed for the offence;

$5,000;

by requiring the person reasonably suspected of having committed the offence to do, or to refrain from doing, such things as are specified in an offer of composition (called conditions of composition) by the relevant officer, with the concurrence (general or specific) of the Public Prosecutor.

the owner of the vehicle must furnish any information required by the Superintendent or an officer authorised by the Superintendent to act in that behalf as to the identity and address of the person who was the driver or conductor of that vehicle at or about the time of the alleged offence, and as to the driving licence held by that person (if necessary); and(b)any other person who was or should have been in charge of the vehicle must, if so required under paragraph (a), give any information which is in the person’s power to give, and which may lead to the identification of the driver.

the person —

provides, or causes or permits to be provided, any information in connection with the requirement, which is false or misleading in a material particular; and(ii)knows or ought reasonably to know that, or is reckless as to whether, the information is false or misleading in a material particular; or(b)the person intentionally alters, suppresses or destroys any information which the person is required under subsection (1) to give, for the purpose of not leading to the identification of the driver,and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both.

the person satisfies the Superintendent that the vehicle was at the relevant time a stolen vehicle or a vehicle illegally taken or used; or(b)the court is satisfied that the vehicle was at the relevant time a stolen vehicle or a vehicle illegally taken or used.

within 14 days after service on the owner of a notice alleging that the owner has been guilty of the offence, furnishes by statutory declaration to the Superintendent the name and address of the person who was in charge of the vehicle at all relevant times relating to the parking offence concerned;

satisfies the Superintendent that the owner did not know and could not with reasonable diligence have ascertained such name and address; or(c)satisfies the court that the owner did not know and could not with reasonable diligence have ascertained such name and address.

for a motor vehicle which is registered under the Road Traffic Act 1961 —

each person in whose name the vehicle is registered under the Road Traffic Act 1961 unless the person has sold or ceased to have possession of the vehicle and has complied with the provisions of the rules applicable in regard to the sale or disposal; (ii)each person, although not a registered owner of the vehicle, who is a sole or joint owner of the vehicle unless that person has sold or ceased to have possession of that vehicle; or(iii)if any such registered owner has sold or ceased to have possession of the vehicle, any person who solely or jointly or in common with any other person is entitled to the immediate possession of the vehicle;

for a motor vehicle that is unregistered, the person who solely or jointly or in common with any other person is entitled to the immediate possession of the vehicle;

for a motor vehicle in respect of which a general licence is issued under section 28 of the Road Traffic Act 1961, the person to whom the general licence is issued; or(d)for a motor vehicle which is the subject of a hiring agreement or hire-purchase agreement, the person in possession or entitled to possession of the vehicle under that agreement;

any hiring (not being a hiring under a hire-purchase agreement) or lending of the vehicle; or(b)the passing of the possession of the vehicle to a bailee for the purpose of sale or disposal or for the purpose of alteration, repair, renovation, storing or other like purpose involving the use or operation of the vehicle for the benefit of the bailee.

has been permitted to remain at rest in a parking place in such a position or in such condition or circumstances as to appear to the Superintendent or an authorised officer to have been abandoned without lawful authority;

is parked in a parking place in contravention of any provision of this Act or any rules made under this Act; or(c)being owned by a person against whom a warrant of arrest is in force, is parked in a parking place,the Superintendent or authorised officer may —

remove the vehicle to a place of safety or any other place and detain it at the place of safety or any other place; or(e)prevent the removal of the vehicle from the parking place without his or her consent by fixing an immobilisation device to the vehicle.

in such a position or in such condition or circumstances as to appear to the Authority or an enforcement officer or outsourced enforcement officer to have been abandoned; (b)is evidence of the commission of an offence under section 8C or any regulations made under section 8S (as in force before 22 July 2020) or section 8(1), 9(1) or 28(3) of the Shared Mobility Enterprises (Control and Licensing) Act 2020 or any regulations made under that Act; or (c)is parked in contravention of any provision of this Act or any subsidiary legislation made under this Act, or any other written law,an enforcement officer or outsourced enforcement officer may remove the vehicle to a place of safety or any other place and detain it at the place of safety or any other place.

in the case where the Superintendent or an authorised officer, enforcement officer or outsourced enforcement officer has removed the vehicle to a place of safety or any other place, in accordance with section 18; or(b)in the case where the Superintendent or authorised officer has fixed an immobilisation device to the vehicle, by affixing the notice onto the windscreen or any other conspicuous part of the vehicle.

by or under the direction of the Superintendent or an authorised officer or enforcement officer; and(b)upon the owner of the vehicle having paid all expenses incurred by the Superintendent or the authorised officer, enforcement officer or outsourced enforcement officer, and any other charges that may be imposed under this Act or any rules made under this Act,and the vehicle shall remain at the risk of the owner of the vehicle until all the expenses and charges mentioned in paragraph (b) have been paid.

any vehicle from any place at which it is being detained under this section; or(b)an immobilisation device fixed to a vehicle in accordance with this section,shall be guilty of an offence.

for a vehicle which is removed to a place of safety or any other place under subsection (2)(a), that at the end of 30 days after the date of the removal, no claim to the vehicle is made in the prescribed manner to the Authority before the end of that period and there is no prosecution with regard to any offence involving that vehicle; and(b)for a vehicle which is removed to a place of safety or any other place under subsection (2)(b), that the vehicle was the subject matter, or was used in the commission, of an offence under section 8C or any regulations made under section 8S (as in force before 22 July 2020) or section 8(1), 9(1) or 28(3) of the Shared Mobility Enterprises (Control and Licensing) Act 2020 or any regulations made under that Act, and —

a person is convicted of the offence;

a person who is reasonably suspected of having committed the offence has that offence compounded under section 12 of this Act or section 37 of the Shared Mobility Enterprises (Control and Licensing) Act 2020, as the case may be; or(iii)at the end of 30 days after the date of the removal, no claim to the vehicle is made in the prescribed manner to the Authority before the end of that period and there is no prosecution with regard to that offence.

this Act or any rules made under this Act; or (b)the Road Traffic Act 1961 or any rules made under that Act.

for the purpose of ascertaining whether there is or has been a contravention of any provision of this Act or any rules made under this Act; or(b)for any other purpose incidental to or in connection with the performance of the functions or duties of the Authority or the Superintendent under this Act,enter any private parking place between the hours of 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. to make any survey or inspection without being liable to any legal proceedings or molestation on account of such entry or any thing done in such private parking place.

photograph or film, or make audio recordings or make sketches of, any part of the premises, or any vehicle or parts of a vehicle or other thing at the premises;

require any person on those premises to produce or grant access to, without charge, any document or information reasonably required for any purpose in subsection (1), which are in the possession or under the control of that person;

inspect and make copies of or take extracts from any such document;

take possession of such a document if, in the opinion of the Superintendent or authorised officer —

the inspection or copying of or extraction from the document cannot reasonably be performed without taking possession;

the document may be interfered with or destroyed unless possession is taken; or(iii)the document may be required as evidence in any proceedings instituted or commenced for any of the purposes of, or in connection with, this Act.

to require the person, or any person who is or was an officer or employee of that person, to provide an explanation of the document or information; (b)if the document or information is not furnished, to require the person to state, to the best of the person’s knowledge and belief, where it is; and(c)if the information is recorded otherwise than in legible form, to require the information to be made available to the Superintendent or authorised officer in legible form.

in relation to an application for any licence, permit, approval or certificate by the person or any other person under this Act or any subsidiary legislation made under this Act; or(b)in relation to any modification of a condition of any licence, permit, approval or certificate (whether or not procuring for the benefit of the person or any other person) under this Act or any subsidiary legislation made under this Act,furnishes or causes to be furnished any document or information which the person knows or ought reasonably to know that, or is reckless as to whether, it is false or misleading in a material particular, shall be guilty of an offence.

an officer, employee or agent of the corporation engaged in that conduct within the scope of his or her actual or apparent authority; and(b)the officer, employee or agent had that state of mind,is evidence that the corporation had that state of mind.

who is —

an officer of the corporation; or(ii)an individual involved in the management of the corporation and in a position to influence the conduct of the corporation in relation to the commission of the offence; and(b)who —

consented or connived, or conspired with others, to effect the commission of the offence; (ii)is in any other way, whether by act or omission, knowingly concerned in, or is party to, the commission of the offence by the corporation; or(iii)knew or ought reasonably to have known that the offence by the corporation (or an offence of the same type) would be or is being committed, and failed to take all reasonable steps to prevent or stop the commission of that offence, shall be guilty of that same offence as is the corporation, and shall be liable on conviction to be punished accordingly.

Chapters 5 and 5A of the Penal Code 1871; or(b)the Evidence Act 1893 or any other law or practice regarding the admissibility of evidence.

any person purporting to act in any such capacity; and(b)for a corporation whose affairs are managed by its members, any of those members as if the member were a director of the corporation;

the knowledge, intention, opinion, belief or purpose of the person; and(b)the person’s reasons for the intention, opinion, belief or purpose.

an employee or agent of the unincorporated association or the partnership engaged in that conduct within the scope of his or her actual or apparent authority; and(b)the employee or agent had that state of mind,is evidence that the unincorporated association or partnership had that state of mind.

who is —

an officer of the unincorporated association or a member of its governing body;

a partner in the partnership; or(iii)an individual involved in the management of the unincorporated association or the partnership and in a position to influence the conduct of that unincorporated association or that partnership in relation to the commission of the offence; and(b)who —

consented or connived, or conspired with others, to effect the commission of the offence; (ii)is in any other way, whether by act or omission, knowingly concerned in, or is party to, the commission of the offence by the unincorporated association or the partnership; or(iii)knew or ought reasonably to have known that the offence by the unincorporated association or the partnership (or an offence of the same type) would be or is being committed, and failed to take all reasonable steps to prevent or stop the commission of that offence, shall be guilty of that same offence as is the unincorporated association or the partnership, and shall be liable on conviction to be punished accordingly.

Chapters 5 and 5A of the Penal Code 1871; or(b)the Evidence Act 1893 or any other law or practice regarding the admissibility of evidence.

any person holding a position analogous to that of president, secretary or member of a committee of the unincorporated association; and(b)any person purporting to act in any such capacity;

the knowledge, intention, opinion, belief or purpose of the person; and(b)the person’s reasons for the intention, opinion, belief or purpose.

by delivering it to the person or to some adult member or employee of the person’s family at the person’s usual or last known place of residence or business;

by leaving it at the usual or last known place of residence or business of the person in a cover addressed to the person;

by sending it by registered post in a prepaid letter addressed to the person at the person’s usual or last known place of residence or business or any address furnished by the person; or(d)in the case of a notice to be served on a person whose usual or last known place of residence or business cannot, with reasonable diligence, be ascertained, by publication of the notice in the Gazette.

by sending it by email to the email address of the individual, partnership, body corporate or unincorporated association, as the case may be;

by sending it by fax to whichever of the following is applicable:

the fax number last known as the fax number for the service of notices, orders or documents on the individual;

the fax number used at the partnership’s business address;

the fax number used at the body corporate’s or unincorporated association’s registered office or principal office in Singapore;

by giving an electronic notice to the individual, partnership, body corporate or unincorporated association (called in this section an addressee) by the addressee’s chosen means of notification, stating that the notice, order or document is available and how the addressee may use the addressee’s chosen means of access to access the contents of that notice, order or document; or(d)by any other method authorised by the rules made under section 22 for the service of notices, orders or documents of that kind if the recipient consents (expressly or impliedly) to service of a notice, order or document of that kind in that way.

if the notice, order or document is sent by email, at the time that the email becomes capable of being retrieved by the person; or(b)if the notice, order or document is sent by fax and a notification of successful transmission is received, on the day of transmission.

in the case of an individual, the individual’s usual or last known place of business in Singapore; or(b)in the case of a partnership (other than a limited liability partnership), the partnership’s principal or last known place of business in Singapore;

regulating the use of parking places and private parking places, including —

controlling the type or class of vehicles which may park in different parking places or private parking places;

prohibiting or restricting the activities which may take place in parking places and private parking places; and(iii)prescribing the conditions upon and the times during which parking of vehicles or other activities are permitted to take place in parking places and private parking places;

requiring private parking places to be provided for any land or building and its layout, including prescribing —

the layout, arrangement, dimensions or area of each parking lot in the private parking place and the design of parking facilities in the private parking place;

the maximum or minimum dimensions or area of each parking lot in the private parking place;

the maximum or minimum number or a number range, or a maximum rate of increase or decrease or a minimum rate of increase or decrease, in the number of parking lots for the private parking place;

different layout, arrangement, dimensions or area of parking lots and different designs of parking facilities, in the private parking place for different types of vehicles which may park in the private parking place and in different circumstances or for different classes of land or premises; or(v)different maximum or minimum numbers or different number ranges, or different maximum rates of increase or decrease or different minimum rates of increase or decrease, in the number of parking lots for different types of vehicles, different circumstances or different classes of land or premises;

regulating the operation of private parking places, garages and places kept or used for the housing or parking of vehicles, except garages or places used in connection with private dwelling houses for housing or parking vehicles kept for private use only;

regulating the parking of heavy vehicles in any parking place, by the issue of vehicle parking certificates or such other documents entitling the holder to park a heavy vehicle in a parking lot in the parking place; (e)providing for the calculation of the deficiency charge mentioned in section 6B, including —

prescribing different rates and methods of calculation of the charge;

prescribing circumstances for the deferment of liability to pay the charge;

prescribing the procedure to apply to the Authority to determine the amount of a deficiency charge; or (iv)providing for the remission or the refund, wholly or in part, of the charge payable or paid by any person; and(f)prescribing the fees to be paid for the Superintendent or Authority for doing anything under this Act or the rules.