5. Sections 4 and 5 of the principal enactment are hereby repealed and the following sections substituted therefor :
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| | (1) No motor coach shall be registered unless the person for the time being entitled to the possession of that motor coach is
| | | (a) the Sri Lanka Central Transport Board or a Regional Transport Board established under the Transport Board Law, No. 19 of 1978 ; or |
| (b) the holder of a certificate of eligibility (granted under Part IV) for stage carriage permits for occasional omnibus services ;or |
| (c) the holder of a private coach permit for that motor coach. |
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| | (2) No person shall be registered as the owner of a motor coach unless that person is the Sri Lanka Central Transport Board or a Regional Transport Board, established under the Transport Board Law, No. 19 of 1978, or the holder of
| | | (a) a certificate of eligibility (granted under Part IV) for stage carriage permits for occasional omnibus services ; or |
| (b) a private coach permit for that motor coach. |
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| | (3) Notwithstanding the provisions of sub section (2) the Commissioner may register as the owner of a motor coach a person who intends to let out that motor coach to a person who is eligible to be registered under subsection (2) | | |
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| 5.
| | (1) A motor coach which is to be registered under this Part
| | | (a) shall, if it is stated by the applicant for registration to be intended for use for the carriage of persons otherwise than for fee or reward, be registered as a private coach ; |
| (b) shall, if it is stated by the applicant for registration to be intended for the carriage of persons for fee or reward, be registered as an omnibus. |
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| | (2) A motor vehicle which is to be registered under this Part and
| | | (a) which is, within the meaning of this Act, a lorry, motor car, motor tricycle, motor cycle, motor ambulance, motor hearse, hand tractor, invalid carriage, or a land vehicle, as the case may be, shall be registered as such ; |
| (b) which does not fall into any category specified in paragraph (a) shall be registered as a motor vehicle of such description as may be prescribed. " |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts