30. Insertion of new sections 126B and 126C 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 sections are hereby inserted immediately after section 126A of the principal enactment and shall have effect as sections 126B and 126c thereof :—

126B. (1) Subject to the provisions of subsections (2) and (3) of section 126 and section 126A every driving licence may, on the

“Renewal of driving licences.

expiry of the period for which it is issued, be renewed in the case of motor vehicles of a class referred to in items 1(i), 1(ii), 2, 3, 8 and 10 of the Schedule to section 122 for further periods of eight years each at a time and in the case of motor vehicles of a class referred to in items 4(i), 4(ii), 5, 6(i), 6(ii), 7 and 9 of the Schedule to section 122 for further periods of four years each, at a time.

(2)

Every application for the renewal of a driving licence shall be in the prescribed Form and shall be accompanied by–

(a)

(i) in the case of belonging to the classes specified in items 1(i), 1(ii), 2, 3 and 8

of the Schedule to section 122 a

Medical Certificate from the National

Transport

Medical

Institute established under the National

Transport Medical Institute Act, No.

25 of 1997 or from a medical practitioner registered under the

Medical Ordinance (Chapter 105) or duly authorized by the National

Transport Medical Institute or authorized by the Commissioner-General, which certifies that the applicant is physically fit to drive motor vehicles of the class or classes in respect of which such application is made ; and

(ii)

in the case of vehicles belonging to the classes specified in items 4(i), 4(ii),

5, 6(i), 6(ii), 7, 9 and 10 of the Schedule to section 122 a Medical Certificate from the National Transport Medical

Institute established under the

National Transport Medical Institute

Act, No. 25 of 1997 or or by a Medical

Practitioner registered under the

Medical Ordinance (Chapter 105)

duly authorized by the National

(b)

the prescribed levy ; and

(c)

two copies of a photograph of the applicant, of such size as may be prescribed, taken not earlier than six months prior to the date of the making of the application.

(3)

Every application for the renewal of a driving licence shall be forwarded to the

Commissioner-General three months prior to the expiry of a licence currently in force.

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