Finance (Amendment) Act 1999 · As enacted
15. Amendment of section 17 of the principal enactment
Official English translation. Where it differs from the Sinhala or Tamil text, the Act itself says which text prevails.
Official translationFrom Department of Government Printing, unchanged
Section 17 of the principal enactment is hereby amended as follows:-
by the repeal of all the words from “motor cycle”
to “Motor Traffic Act” and the substitution of the following therefor:-
“invalid carriage”, “motor ambulance”, motor cycle”, “motor hearse”, motor tricycle”
“om nibus and private coach” shall have the respective meanings assigned to them by the Motor Traffic Act”;
in the definition of “motor vehicle”, by the substitution for all the words from “lorry” , to the end of that definition of the following:-
“lorry, omnibus, private coach, tractor, hand tractor or trailer, which is constructed or adapted for the carriage of not more than ten persons (including the driver) and their effects;”
by the repeal of the definition of “semi luxury dual purpose vehicle” and the substitution of the following definition therefor:-
“semi luxury dual purpose motor vehicle” means a luxury motor vehicle or a semi luxury motor vehicle which is registered as a dual purpose motor vehicle;
by the insertion immediately after the definition of “specified motor vehicle” , of the following definition therefor:-
“wagon” means a motor vehicle designed as a single unit and constructed or adapted for the purpose of transporting passengers or goods or passengers and goods.’