Motor Traffic (Amendment) Act 2009 · As enacted
4. Amendment of Section 2 of 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
Section 2 of the principal enactment is hereby amended as follows :—
by the repeal of subsections (2) and (2A) thereof and the substitution of the following subsection therefor:—
“(2) The possession by a dealer or a manufacturer of an unregistered motor vehicle for the purposes of sale shall be deemed not to be a contravention of subsection (1) so long as the vehicle remains unsold and is not used on any road except under the authority of a dealer’s licence or manufacturer’s licence as the case may be, issued under Part III and is identified by a distinctive number assigned for that purpose by the Commissioner-General.”.
by the repeal of subsection (5) of that section and the substitution therefor of the following subsection :—
“(5) The use of a motor vehicle which upon importation into Sri Lanka is used on a road only for the purpose of and in the course of removal from the Customs premises or for the purpose of installing any equipment or which is being driven to or from any place specified by the Commissioner-General for the purpose of testing or registration, shall be deemed not to be a contravention of subsection (1), provided it is used under the authority of a dealer’s licence or temporary permit issued for the purposes of this subsection by the
Commissioner-General valid for a period of seven days.”;
by the repeal of subsection (6) thereof ;
by the addition immediately after subsection (9)
thereof of the following subsection which shall have effect as subsection (10 ) thereof :—
“(10) A person who contravenes the provisions of subsections (1) or (5) of this section shall be guilty of an offence and shall on conviction be liable to a fine not less than two thousand five hundred rupees and not exceeding five thousand rupees and on a second conviction to a fine not less than five thousand rupees and not exceeding ten thousand rupees and on a third or subsequent conviction to a fine not less than ten thousand rupees and not exceeding fifteen thousand rupees.”.