Singapore Statutes Online - 189 - Motor Vehicles (Third-Party Risks and Compensation) Act

Motor Vehicles (Third-Party Risks and Compensation) Act
(CHAPTER 189)

1 Short title

2 Interpretation

3 Users of motor vehicles to be insured against third-party risks

4 Requirements in respect of policies and securities

5 Exclusion of liability in respect of passengers to be of no effect

6 Payment of compensation

7 Certain conditions in policies or securities to be of no effect

8 Avoidance of restrictions on scope of policies covering third-party risks

9 Duty of insurers to satisfy judgments against persons insured in respect of third-party risks

10 Rights of third parties against insurers

11 Duty to give necessary information to third parties

12 Settlement between insurers and insured persons

13 Bankruptcy, etc., of insured person not to affect certain claims by third parties

14 Further rights of third parties against insurers

15 Duty to surrender certificate on cancellation of policy

16 Requirements as to production of certificate of insurance or of security

17 Deposits under this Act

18 Prohibition of solicitation in respect of claims

19 Public Trustee may appear in court

20 Power to amend sums specified in certain provisions

21 Application of this Act to securities

22 Penalty

23 Power to exempt

24 Rules

THE SCHEDULE Territory

Legislative History

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REVISED EDITION 2009

(31st July 2009)

An Act to provide against third-party risks arising out of the use of motor vehicles and for the payment of compensation in respect of death or bodily injury arising out of the use of motor vehicles and for matters incidental thereto.