2. Section 3 of the Private Omnibus Services Act, No. 44 of 1983 (hereinafter referred to as the" principal enactment ") is hereby amended as follows:
| (1) by the renumbering of that section as subsection (1) of that section; |
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| (2) by the addition, immediately after the renumbered subsection (1), of the following new subsection :
| | " (2) No person shall use, on or after the date on which this subsection comes into operation, any vehicle, other than an omnibus, for the purpose of a regular service for the carriage of passengers for fee or reward. | | |
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| (3) by the addition, immediately after subsection (2) of that section, of the following new subsections:
| | " (3) Any officer authorized under section 2 '3) or any police officer may seize any vehicle, used in contravention of the provisions of this section, and shall produce such vehicle, without undue delay, before the Magistrate's Court within the local limits of whose jurisdiction it was seized. | | |
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| (4) Where any vehicle is produced before a Magistrate's Court under the provisions of subsection (3), the Magistrate may make order detaining the said vehicle until the conclusion of the trial or make order releasing the said vehicle subject to such conditions as the Magistrate may impose in the circumstances of the case. ". |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts