Motor Transport (Amendment)

Motor Transport (Amendment) AN ACT TO AMEND THE MOTOR TRANSPORT ACT. NO. 48 OF 1957. BE it enacted by the Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty. by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and the House of Representatives of Ceylon in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:- Short title. 1. This Act may be cited as the Motor Transport (Amendment) Act, No. 19 of 1971. Amendment of section 6 of Act No. 48 of 1957. 2. Section 6 of the Motor Transport Act, No. 48 of 1957, hereinafter referred to as the ” principal Act “, is hereby amended by the insertion, immediately after sub-section (1) of that section, of the following new sub-section: – ‘ ‘ (1A) (a) The Ceylon Transport Board may from, time to time, with the approval of the Minister, determine the fares which may be levied by the Board in respect of all the omnibus services of the Board, or the omnibus services of the Board in particular areas, or any particular class of omnibus service or services of the Board. (b) The fares so determined shall be published in the Gazette, and shall come into operation on such date as may be specified therein. (c) For the purposes of this sub-section,, the expression ” omnibus services ” includes any hiring car services provided by the Ceylon Transport Board.’. Repeal of Part V of the principal Act. 3. Part V of the principal Act (sections 66 to 82 both inclusive) is hereby repealed. Amendment of section 91 of the principal Act 4. Section 91 of the principal Act is hereby amended by the omission of the definition of the expression ” fares board.”.