Singapore forfeits fifteen non-compliant power-assisted bicycles for public auction

The Land Transport Authority of Singapore has forfeited 15 non-compliant power-assisted bicycles and intends to sell them by public auction or tender, or destroy or otherwise dispose of them, on or after 23 September 2026. The forfeiture is recorded in the Road Traffic (Forfeited Non-Compliant Vehicles No. 34) Notification 2026, published as G.N. No. 5388 in the Republic of Singapore Government Gazette on 16 September 2026.

The notification is made under the Road Traffic Act 1961. It records that the powers of the Land Transport Authority of Singapore under section 95B(1), (2) and (7) of the Act were delegated, under section 8(2) of the Land Transport Authority of Singapore Act 1995, to every assistant registrar appointed under section 9(2) of the Act, as set out in G.N. No. 1162/2017.

Acting on that delegation, Chan Wai Ling, an assistant registrar, has forfeited the non-compliant power-assisted bicycles and non-compliant personal mobility devices specified in the Schedule, and intends to dispose of each item on or after 23 September 2026. The notification is signed by Chan Wai Ling as Assistant Registrar of Vehicles, Land Transport Authority of Singapore, and dated 16 September 2026.

Fifteen bicycles listed in the Schedule

The Schedule as published carries a single division, “Non-compliant power-assisted bicycles”, with 15 entries. For every entry the make and model of the vehicle are recorded as “UNKNOWN”.

• RPABB612 – detained 02/04/2026, Ang Mo Kio Avenue 8
• RPABBC70 – 22/10/2025, Lorong 1 Toa Payoh
• RPABBX1 – 14/06/2026, Ang Mo Kio Avenue 3
• RPABEC18 – 20/03/2026, Ang Mo Kio Avenue 4
• RPABGL2 – 18/05/2026, Tampines Avenue 2
• RPABH18 – 23/06/2026, Paya Lebar Road
• RPABH484 – 29/04/2026, Tiong Bahru Road
• RPAB17109 – 09/02/2026, Punggol Drive
• RPAB17297 – 06/05/2026, North Bridge Road
• RPAB19492 – 07/05/2026, Jalan Bukit Merah
• RPAB22807 – 09/03/2026, Market Street
• RPAB23236 – 27/04/2026, Ang Mo Kio Avenue 4
• UNPAB17206J – 09/06/2026, Upper Serangoon Crescent
• UNPAB31086A – 20/02/2026, Sembawang Drive
• UNPAB42160A – 28/05/2026, Bukit Batok Road

The detention dates run from 22 October 2025 to 23 June 2026. Ang Mo Kio Avenue 4 appears twice, while the remaining locations are spread across Toa Payoh, Tampines, Paya Lebar, Tiong Bahru, Punggol, North Bridge Road, Jalan Bukit Merah, Market Street, Upper Serangoon Crescent, Sembawang and Bukit Batok.

Disposal on or after 23 September

Under section 95B(7) of the Road Traffic Act 1961, the Authority may sell each listed vehicle by public auction or tender, or destroy or otherwise dispose of it, on or after 23 September 2026. The notification states no reserve price, auction venue or tender closing date.

A recurring disposal cycle

This is the 34th notification in the series. The preceding one, the Road Traffic (Forfeited Non-Compliant Vehicles No. 32) Notification 2026 (G.N. No. 4931), was published on 28 August 2026 and covered 12 non-compliant power-assisted bicycles and three non-compliant personal mobility devices, with disposal on or after 4 September 2026; it was signed by Seet Kien Boon Kevin, also an assistant registrar.

Separately, G.N. No. 4932, a notice under the Small Motorised Vehicles (Safety) Act 2020 read with section 53(1) of the Active Mobility Act 2017, provided for disposal of forfeited vehicles at the end of one month after publication, and allowed a person to lodge a written objection showing good cause why possession of a vehicle should be returned.

For riders and dealers in e-mobility devices, the notice confirms that non-compliant power-assisted bicycles and personal mobility devices can be permanently taken out of circulation and then resold or scrapped by the state, with each batch published in the Gazette before disposal.

Source: Republic of Singapore Government Gazette, G.N. No. 5388, 16 September 2026, Notices under other Acts (official reference: Road Traffic (Forfeited Non-Compliant Vehicles No. 34) Notification 2026).