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PART VA
PUBLIC TRANSPORT OFFICIALS
24A.
—(1) The Council may, with the approval of the Minister, in writing appoint any person or class of persons to be public transport officials for the purposes of this Part.
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(2) Any public transport official may do one or more of the following:
(a)
require any person making use of any bus service or rapid transit system service to produce a ticket for inspection;
(b)
subject to any specific or general direction given by the Council, require any person who has made use of any bus service or rapid transit system service without paying the appropriate fare for the distance which he has travelled to pay a penalty fee of such amount as may be prescribed by the Council;
(c)
issue a notice, in such form as may be approved by the Council, to the person referred to in paragraph (b), requiring that person to pay the penalty fee within such time and at such place as may be specified in the notice.
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24B.
—(1) Every public transport official when exercising any powers under this Part shall —
(a)
declare his office; and
(b)
on demand, produce to any person affected by the exercise of those powers such identification card as the Council may direct to be carried by a public transport official.
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(2) It shall not be an offence for any person to refuse to comply with any request, demand or order made or given by any public transport official if the public transport official refuses to declare his office and produce his identification card, on demand being made by the person.
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24C.
—(1) Where a public transport official is satisfied that any person has made use of a bus service or rapid transit system service without paying the appropriate fare for the distance which he has travelled, the public transport official may, subject to any specific or general direction given by the Council, require such person to pay a penalty fee of such amount as may be prescribed by the Council.
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(2) Any person who is required by a public transport official to pay a penalty fee under subsection (1) shall pay the penalty fee —
(a)
to that public transport official immediately in such mode of payment as may be determined by the Council; or
(b)
within such time and at such place as may be specified by the public transport official.
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(3) Upon the payment of the penalty fee under subsection (2), the public transport official shall issue a receipt to the person who paid the penalty fee.
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(4) Any person who is required by a public transport official to pay a penalty fee under subsection (1) may, if aggrieved by that requirement, appeal within the prescribed period and in accordance with the prescribed procedure to the Council or to an officer authorised by the Council to hear such appeal and the decision of the Council or authorised officer shall be final.
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(5) Any person who fails or refuses to pay any penalty fee referred to in subsection (1) or, if he has made an appeal under subsection (4), pursuant to an order made by the Council or an authorised officer to pay the penalty fee following the appeal shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $1,000 and, in the case of a second or subsequent offence, to a fine not exceeding $2,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both.
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24D. Any person who, having made use of a taxi service and without reasonable excuse, fails or refuses to pay the fare as indicated on the taximeter shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $1,000 and, in the case of a second or subsequent offence, to a fine not exceeding $2,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both.
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24E.
—(1) Any person who is required by a public transport official to pay a penalty fee shall —
(a)
give his name and address and such other proof of identity; and
(b)
furnish such other particulars,
as the public transport official may require, unless he pays, immediately and in such mode of payment as may be determined by the Council, the full amount of the penalty fee to that public transport official.
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(2) Any person who refuses to furnish any information required of him by any public transport official under subsection (1) or wilfully misstates such information shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $1,000.
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24F.
—(1) A public transport official or police officer may arrest without warrant any person whom he has reason to believe has committed an offence under this Part, if the name and address of the person are unknown to him and —
(a)
the person declines to give his name or address; or
(b)
there is reason to doubt the accuracy of the name or address, if given.
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(2) A person arrested under subsection (1) may be detained until his name and address are correctly ascertained.
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(3) No person arrested under subsection (2) shall be detained longer than is necessary for bringing him before a court.
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