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8. Amendment of section 125 of the principal enactment

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

Section 125 of the principal enactment is hereby amended by the repeal of subsection (5) of that section and the substitution therefor, of the following subsection:-

“(5) (a)

No Driving Licence shall be issued –

(i)

in respect of motor vehicles belonging to the classes specified in item 1(i), 1(ii),

2(i), 2(ii), 2(iii), 3(i), 3(ii), 8, 9 or 11 of the Schedule to section 122 to any person who has not attained the age of eighteen years; and

(ii)

in respect of motor vehicles belonging to the classes specified in item 4(i), 4(ii),

5, 6(i), 6(ii), 7 or 10 of the Schedule to section 122 to any person who has not attained the age of twenty-one years.

(b)

A Driving Licence issued to a person below the specified age shall have no force or effect in law.”.

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