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Motor Traffic (Amendment) Act (No. 21 of 1981) - Sect 116

Replacement of section 238 of the principal enactment

116. Section 238 of the principal enactment is hereby repealed and the following section substituted therefor :
238.
(1) Save as otherwise provided in this Act, the provisions of this Act shall apply in the case of persons and motor vehicles in the service of the Government of Sri Lanka Provided, however, that the provisions of sections 2, 21 and 25 shall not apply in the case of any motor vehicle ordinarily used by the President or the Prime Minister : And provided further that regulations may, with the concurrence of the Minister in charge of the subject of Defence, be made exempting
(a) members, or any specified class or, description of members, of the forces of the Republic of Sri Lanka; and
(b) motor vehicles, or any specified class or description of motor vehicles, which belong to or are exclusively used for the purpose of the forces of the Republic of Sri Lanka, from all the provisions, or any specified provision, of this Act or of any regulations made thereunder.
(2) For the purposes of facilitating any exercises of the Services, the Minister may, with the concurrence of the Minister in charge of the subject of Defence, by Order
(a) declare that any specified highway or highway; or part of any such highway shall be closed to traffic on any specified day or days or during any specified time on any specified day or days ; and
(b) declare that the provisions of this Act or any specified provision of this Act shall not apply to the members of the forces of the Republic of Sri Lanka participating in such exercises or to or in relation to the motor vehicles used for the purposes of such exercises.
(3) For the purposes of the preceding provisions of this section, the expression exercises of the Services " includes any exercises, man oeuvres, training or movement of the forces of the Republic of Sri Lanka.'.


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