Hi, Men & Women in blue. I have some questions about the law
which need your expert opinions.
1) Is the taxi driver legally right to with-held your IC while
you go and get cash to pay taxi fare due to short of money?
Similarly is it legally right for the security guard for a
private company to ask for your IC to exchange for pass when you go
visit their premises.
2) What is the procedure for the change of address? Is there any
documentary proof required to prove that you are actually staying
at this particular address?
Many Thanks!
The answer to your first question is... no. It came out in the
papers one time, and the spokesperson for taxi companies commented
then that taxi drivers are not allowed to detain a passenger's
NRIC, bag, handphone, or basically any property, while awaiting for
you to go away to get some money to pay for your fare [if you
happen to be short of cash].
In fact, they do not even have to lodge a Police report: all
they have to do is report the matter to their taxi companies, as
well as LTA. The claiming of the unpaid fares will then be done
from there.
With regards to the private company thing, they do have the
right to do so, for a very simple reason:
it is a private compund, and as such their management already
have procedures in place for visitors / non-staff to comply to in
order to account for their presence within the premises.
For your second question, I believe rednano has answered
perfectly.
Cheers mate. =)