Motor Traffic (Amendment)

Motor Traffic (Amendment) A LAW TO AMEND THE MOTOR TRAFFIC ACT. BE it enacted by the National State Assembly of the Republic of Sri Lanka as follows: – Short title. 1. This Law may be cited as the Motor Traffic (Amendment) Law, No. 22 of 1973. Amendment of section 31 of Chapter 203. 2. Section 31 of the Motor Traffic Act, hereinafter referred to as the ” principal enactment “, is hereby amended in subsection (3) of that section, by the substitution, for paragraph (a) thereof, of the following new paragraph: – ” (a) application for a revenue licence for a motor vehicle, in respect of which, under section 37, notice of a period of non-user in any year, or a certificate under the proviso to paragraph (c) of subsection (1) of that section has been given, is made under paragraph (i) or paragraph (ii) of the proviso to section 30 (1) and the licensing authority is satisfied that the motor vehicle has not been unlawfully used between the first day of January in that year and the date from which the licence is to be in force; or “. Amendment of section 37 of the principal enactment. 3. Section 37 of the principal enactment is hereby amended in subsection (1) of that section, by the substitution, for paragraph (c) thereof, of the following new paragraph: – ” (c) in any case where the revenue licence for that motor vehicle is, under section 40, surrendered for cancellation, give written notice on or before the date of such surrender that he does not intend to use the motor vehicle for such period, commencing on the date of such surrender, as may be specified in the notice: Provided however that, in a case where the motor vehicle belongs to the Ceylon Transport Board, the licensing authority may, in lieu of such written notice and in lieu of the surrender of the licence, accept a certificate from an officer authorized in that behalf by the Board stating that the motor vehicle was not in use on any highway for such period as may be specified in such certificate; or “, Amendment of section 190 of the principal enactment. 4. Section 190 of the principal enactment is hereby amended in subsection (1) of that section, by the substitution for paragraph (c) thereof, of the following new paragraph: – ” (c) prescribing the compulsory use of taximeters complying with the prescribed requirements on hiring cars generally or on any specific class or description of hiring cars or on hiring cars used in any specific areas, providing for the regulation of the use and the inspection, testing and repairing of taximeters, for the regulation, supervision, inspection and control of persons repairing taximeters and prescribing the charges for the inspection, testing and repairing of taximeters.”. Insertion of new section 196A in the principal enactment. 5. (1) The following new section is hereby inserted immediately after section 196, and shall have effect as section 196A, of the principal enactment:- ” Yearly examination and certification in respect of vehicles of the Ceylon Transport Board. 196A. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in section 196, the yearly examination and certification, prior to the issue of a licence, of such motor vehicle as is referred to in section 29, shall, in the case of a motor vehicle belonging to the Ceylon Transport Board, be carried out by an officer authorized in that behalf by the Board and any certificate of fitness issued by such officer in respect of any such vehicle shall, for the purposes of this Act, be deemed to be a certificate issued under section 196.”. (2) The provisions of subsection (1) of this section shall for all purposes be deemed to have come into operation on the date of the commencement of the Motor Transport Act, No. 48 of 1957.