Dangerous apparatus across roads
Placing a rope, wire, chain, tackle or similar apparatus across a road in a way likely to endanger people using the road is an offence unless the person proves both a lawful right or excuse and adequate warning. The Road Traffic Act sets the default court penalty where no special penalty applies.
Primary source: https://sso.agc.gov.sg/Act/RTA1961?ProvIds=pr124-
Dangerous apparatus across a road
Section 124 of the Road Traffic Act makes it an offence, for any purpose, to place or cause to be placed a rope, wire, chain, tackle or similar apparatus across a road or any part of it in a way likely to endanger people using the road. The person avoids the offence only if they prove both that they had a lawful right or excuse and that they took all necessary means to give adequate warning of the danger (Singapore Statutes Online, Road Traffic Act 1961, s. 124).
Court penalty
Section 124 does not state a special penalty. Where no special penalty is provided, the Road Traffic Act sets a maximum fine of $1,000, imprisonment for up to 3 months, or both for a first offence. For a second or subsequent offence, the maximum is a fine of $2,000, imprisonment for up to 6 months, or both (Singapore Statutes Online, Road Traffic Act 1961, s. 131(2)).
Coverage debt
- Section 124 does not define “similar apparatus”, “likely to cause danger”, “lawful right or excuse” or “adequate warning”, and it gives no specific warning method or distance. This article does not classify a particular object or situation without an official definition or decision (Singapore Statutes Online, Road Traffic Act 1961, s. 124).