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14. Insertion of new section 18B in the principal enactment

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

The following new section is hereby inserted immediately after section 18A in the principal enactment and shall have effect as section 18B of that enactment :—

18B. Any person who —

(a)

fraudulently uses or allows any other person to use ; or

(b)

imitates, alters, mutilates, defaces, or destroys a Certificate of Registration of a motor vehicle, shall be guilty of an offence and shall on conviction be liable to a fine not less than fifteen thousand rupees and not exceeding twenty five thousand rupees and on a second or

“Penalty for fraudulently using or mutilating etc. of certificate of registration.

subsequent conviction to a fine not less than thirty thousand rupees and not exceeding fifty thousand rupees or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or to both such fine and imprisonment.”.

Read on from s 15