Motor Traffic (Amendment) Act 2009 · As enacted
34. Insertion of new sections 132A and 132B in 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
The following new sections are hereby inserted immediately after section 132 of the principal enactment and shall have effect as sections 132A and 132B thereof :—
132A. (1) Any person ordinarily resident in
Sri Lanka, being the holder of a driving licence issued under Part VII of this Act, may on application made in the manner hereinafter provided, obtain an International Driving
Permit authorizing him to drive a vehicle whilst abroad in any of the contracting States or
Territories that have acceded to the Vienna
Convention on Road Traffic of Eighth
November, One Thousand Nine Hundred and
Sixty Eight.
An application for any such driving
Permit shall be in the prescribed Form and be accompanied by the prescribed levy and may be submitted to the prescribed associations who shall forward the application to the
Commissioner-General.
Every applicant for an International
Driving Permit shall be examined by an authorized officer appointed for the purpose by the Commissioner-General, prior to the issue of the said Permit.
“International
Driving
Permit.
Such International Driving Permit shall be valid for a period of one year commencing from the date of issue.
For the purpose of this section
“prescribed association” means the Automobile
Association of Ceylon or any other Association which is affiliated to the Alliance International de Tourism in Geneva, Switzerland, being the regulatory body for the issue of International
Permits as may be prescribed by the Minister by Notification published in the Gazette.
132B.
of
A person who is a bonafide visitor to
Sri Lanka and who possesses a valid
International Driving Permit issued by any of the Contracting States to, or the States or
Territories that have acceded to the Vienna
Convention of eighth November One
Thousand Nine Hundred and Sixty Eight, shall be deemed to possess a driving licence issued under the provisions of this Act and to be authorized to drive the class or classes of vehicles specified in the driving permit:
Provided that—
the Permit is valid within the meaning of Article 41 of the Vienna Convention of 1968 ;
the holder carries such permit while driving in Sri Lanka and produces it on demand by a police officer or
Examiner of Motor Vehicles for inspection ; and
the holder fulfils in all respects the conditions set out in Article 41 of the
Vienna Convention of 1968.”.
Recognition international driving permit or certificate in
Sri Lanka.