National Transport Commission (Amendment) Act 2025 · As enacted
19. Insertion of new section 38A 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 section is hereby inserted immediately after section 38 of the principal enactment and shall have effect as section 38A of the principal enactment:-
38A. (1) The transportation service fares for transportation services, including omnibus services, shall be computed by the Commission in accordance with the formula determined by the Commission from time to time in accordance with the national policy relating to transportation fares approved by Parliament, and specifi ed by Order published in the Gazette.
The Commission shall publish the lists of the transportation service fares pertaining to the respective transportation services in the offi cial website of the Commission. Each transportation service provider shall prepare a list of the transportation service fares applicable to his service in accordance with such lists published in such website and such list shall be displayed in a conspicuous place of the transportation vehicle.
The Commission may inspect from time to time, in accordance with the provisions of
“Computation of the fare subsection (2) of section 39, as to whether the transportation service providers have complied with the provisions of this section, and any person who fails to comply with the provisions of this section shall be guilty of an offence under section 40.”.