2. The following new section is hereby inserted immediately after section 433 and shall have effect as section 433A of the Code of Criminal Procedure Act, No. 15 of 1979:
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| | (1) In the case of a vehicle let under a hire purchase or leasing agreement, the person registered as the absolute owner of such vehicle under the Motor Traffic Act (Chapter 203) shall be deemed to be the person entitled to possession of such vehicle for the purpose of this Chapter. | | |
| | (2) In the event of more than one person being registered as the absolute owner of any vehicle referred to in subsection (1), the person who has been so registered first in point of time in respect of such vehicle shall be deemed to be the person entitled to possession of such vehicle for the purposes of this Chapter." | | |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts