Motor Traffic (Amendment) Act 2019 · இயற்றப்பட்டவாறு
2. Amendment of section 123 of Chapter 203
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அதிகாரப்பூர்வ மொழிபெயர்ப்புDepartment of Government Printing-இலிருந்து, மாற்றமின்றி
Section 123 of the Motor Traffic Act (Chapter 203)
(hereinafter referred to as the “principal enactment”) is hereby amended as follows:—
in subsection (1) of that section-
in paragraph (a) thereof, by the deletion of the word “and”, appearing at the end of that paragraph;
in paragraph (b) thereof, by the insertion of the word “and”, at the end of that paragraph;
by the addition immediately after paragraph (b) thereof, of the following new paragraph:-
“(c) no person shall drive a light vehicle on a road unless he has completed the age of eighteen years and shall not drive a heavy vehicle on a road unless he has completed the age of twenty-one years.”.
in subsection (5) of that section-
by the repeal, in paragraph (a) thereof, of all the words from “to a fine not less than three thousand rupees” to the end of that paragraph and the substitution therefor of the following words:—
“to a fine not less than twenty five thousand rupees and not exceeding thirty thousand rupees and on a second or subsequent conviction to a fine not less than thirty thousand rupees and not exceeding fifty thousand rupees.”;
by the repeal, in paragraph (b) thereof, of all the words from “to a fine not less than four thousand rupees” to the end of that paragraph and the substitution therefor of the following words:—
“to a fine not less than twenty five thousand rupees and not exceeding thirty thousand rupees and on a second or subsequent conviction to a fine not less than thirty thousand rupees and not exceeding fifty thousand rupees.”;
by the addition immediately after paragraph (b) thereof, of the following new paragraph which shall have the effect as paragraph (c)
thereof:-
“(c) A person who contravenes the provisions of paragraph (c) of subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall on conviction be liable to a fine not less than thirty thousand rupees and not exceeding forty thousand rupees and on a second or subsequent conviction to a fine not less than forty thousand rupees and not exceeding fifty thousand rupees.”.