13. Section 19 of the principal enactment is hereby amended as follows :-
| (1) by the renumbering of that section as subsection (1) of that section ; and |
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| (2) by the addition, immediately after renumbered subsection (i), of the following new subsections :
| | " (2) Regulations may also be made providing for the issue by the Commissioner, whether free of charge or on payment of the prescribed fee, of permits exempting motor vehicles of any class or description from any such requirements where he considers it necessary to do so in the public interest. Such exemption shall be subject to such conditions as may be inserted in such permits relating to the safety or convenience of the public or the prevention of injury to or excessive wear of any highway or any bridge on any highway. | | |
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| (3) The Commissioner may revoke or suspend any permit issued under any regulation made under subsection (2) on the ground that any of the conditions attached to the permit has not been complied with.". |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts