Motor Traffic (Amendment)



Motor Traffic (Amendment)
AN ACT TO AMEND THE MOTOR TRAFFIC ACT

BE it enacted by the Parliament of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka as follows:”

[6th March
, 1990
]
Short title,

1. This Act may be cited as the Motor Traffic (Amendment) Act, No. 8 of 1990.

Amendment of section 7 of Chapter 203.

2. Section 7 of the Motor Traffic Act, (hereinafter referred to as the ” principal enactment”) is hereby amended in subsection (4) of that section by the substitution, for the words ” a hire purchase agreement”, of the words ” a hire purchase or leasing agreement”.

Amendment of section 9 of the principal enactment.

3. Section 9 of the principal enactment is hereby amended in subsection (5) of that section by the substitution, for the words a hire purchase agreement “, of the words a hire purchase or leasing agreement”.

Amendment of section 13 of the principal enactment.

4. Section 13 of the principal enactment is hereby amended in subsection (2) of that section by the substitution, for the words ” a hire purchase agreement”, words ” a hire purchase or leasing agreement”.

Amendment of section 14 of the principal enactment.

5. Section 14 of the principal enactment is hereby amended in subsection (4) of that section by the substitution, for the words ” a hire purchase agreement”, of the words, ” a hire purchase or leasing agreement”.

Sinhala text to prevail in case of inconsistency.

6. In the event of any inconsistency between the Sinhala and Tamil texts of this Act, the Sinhala text shall prevail.