21. Amendment of section 240 of the principal enactment

Official English translation. Where it differs from the Sinhala or Tamil text, the Act itself says which text prevails.

Section 240 of the principal enactment is hereby amended as follows:-

(1)

by repeal of the definition of “death” and the substitution of the following definitions:-

“ “death” means a person who was killed immediately as a result of or subsequent to the accident;

“demerit points” means the points assigned for traffic offences under the Motor Traffic

Act in addition to any other penalties entered to the Driving Licence or

Endorsement Form of the offender;”;

(2)

by the insertion immediately after the definition of the expression “dual purpose vehicle” of the following definition:-

“ “Electronic” shall have the same meaning as in the Electronic Transactions Act, No.19

of 2006;”;

(3)

in the definition of the expression “emergency service vehicle” by the repeal of paragraph (a) and the substitution therefor of the following:-

“(a)

a vehicle used for an emergency call and identified in the case of -

(i)

a firefighting vehicle used by the Fire

Service Department by the use of a red light;

(ii)

a vehicle used by the Police by the use of a red light and blue light; and

(iii)

an ambulance by the use of a red light; and ”;

(4)

by the repeal of the definition of the expression

“invalid carriage”;

(5)

by the insertion immediately after the definition of the expression “motor cycle” of the following definition:-

“ “motor home” means a vehicle designed and constructed without a trailer for transport and accommodation of passengers, provided that the number of passengers being carried

(including the driver) does not exceed six in number, and the gross vehicle weight does not exceed four thousand five hundred

Kilograms;”;

(6)

by the insertion immediately after the definition of the expression “public stand” of the following definition:-

“ “quadricycle” means a vehicle having a tare less than 500 Kilograms and having an engine capacity between 199CC and 499CC or having maximum continuous rated power that does not exceed 15KW in the case of an electric motor or in the case of electric vehicles having right hand driven integrated closed body and motor vehicles in this class used for carrying persons having seating capacity not more than five persons including the driver or carrying goods having maximum gross vehicle weight of 1000 Kilograms;”;

(7)

by the substitution for the definition of the expression “Special purpose vehicle” of the following:-

“ “special purpose vehicle” means a vehicle having a special chassis, or a general purpose chassis incorporating major modifications designed for a specific purpose which includes public utility vehicles (garbage trucks, street sweepers &c.), construction vehicles (mobile cranes, mobile drilling rigs, mobile plants, freezer trucks, forklifts, loaders

&c.) and any other special vehicle used for agricultural purposes and maintenance;”;

(8)

the definition of the expression “vehicle” is hereby amended by the substitution for the words “does not include a railway locomotive.” of the words

“does not include a railway locomotive;”;

(9)

by the insertion immediately after the definition of the expression “vehicle” of the following:-

“ “vehicle used by persons with disabilities” means a motor vehicle which is specially designed and constructed, or adapted, for the use of persons suffering from some physical defect or disability and intended solely for the use of such persons.”.

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