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Motor Traffic (Amendment) Act (No. 21 of 1981) - Sect 3

Amendment of section 2 of the principal enactment

3. Section 2 of the Principal enactments is hereby amended as follows
(1) by the insertion, immediately after 'subsection (2) of that section, of the following new subsection :
(2A) The possession by a manufacturer of a motor vehicle in SRI Lanka 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 highway."
(2) by the repeal of subsection (4) of that section and substitution therefor of toe following subsection :
' (4) The possession of a motor vehicle by a person (not being a manufacturer or a dealer) by whom the vehicle was imported into sri Lanka shall be deemed not to be a contravention of subsection (1), if, but only if, that person has made application for the registration of that vehicle and while the application is pending, its use is authorized by the Commissioner under section 18A ," ; and
(3) by the addition at the end of that section, of the following new subsection :-
(9) The possession of a motor vehicle under the provisions of the proviso to section 12 (2) shall be deemed not to be a contravention of subsection (1) of this section so long as the vehicle remains under the contract of rental or hiring;".


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