25. Sections 39, 40 and 41 of the principal enactment are hereby repealed and the following sections substituted therefor :
| 39.
| | (1) The revenue licence for any motor vehicle shall become void if that motor vehicle is so altered that it is converted into a motor vehicle requiring a revenue licence
| | | (a) which is of a class or description different from that of the first-mentioned revenue licence, or |
| (b) for which the licence fee is different from that for the first-mentioned revenue licence. |
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| | (2) The revenue licence for any motor vehicle shall become void on the date of the coming into force of a new revenue licence issued for that motor vehicle in order to authorize the use of that motor vehicle for a purpose not authorized by the first- mentioned revenue licence. | | |
| | (3) A revenue licence to which subsection (4) of section 31 applies shall become void if in consequence of a change of possession of the motor vehicle for which that revenue licence has been issued, the said subsection ceases to apply to that revenue licence. | | |
| | (4) A new revenue licence
| | | (a) to replace a revenue licence which is void under subsection (1) or subsection (3), or |
| (b) to authorize as indicated in subsection (2), the use of any motor vehicle for a purpose not authorized by the revenue licence replaced by the new revenue licence, is in this Act referred to as a new revenue licence which is necessary by reason of this section. |
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| 40.
| | (1) The holder of a revenue licence may surrender it for cancellation to the licensing authority who issued it. | | |
| | (2) Where, while the revenue licence for a motor vehicle is in force, the registration of that motor vehicle is cancelled under section 18, the holder of that revenue licence may surrender it for cancellation to the licensing authority who issued it. | | |
| | (3) Where a revenue licence
| | | (a) has been void under section 39, or |
| (b) is a revenue licence to which subsection (2) of this section applies, |
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| | (4) Where it is necessary to make any alteration in a revenue licence, the licensing authority who issued that revenue licence, may in writing order the holder of that revenue licence to return such licence to him for the purpose of making that alteration. | | |
| | (5) The holder of a revenue licence in respect of whom an order under subsection (3) or subsection (4) is made shall con ply with that order within fourteen days after it is communicated to him. | | |
| | (6) Where a revenue licence-
| | | (a) is surrendered under this section, or |
| (b) is replaced by a new revenue licence which is necessary by reason of section 39, |
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| 41.
| | (1) Where a new revenue licence which is necessary by reason of section 37 (l)is issued for any motor vehicle the person to whom the revenue licence which is replaced by the new revenue licence was issued shall be entitled to obtain from the licensing authority who issued the replaced revenue licence, a refund, subject to the deduction of a sum of five rupees of one-twelfth part of the duty, paid by that person for the replaced revenue licence, in respect of each complete calendar month of the period commencing on the first day of the month succeeding the month in which the replaced revenue licence became void and ending on the thirty-first day of December next following, | | |
| | (2) Where the holder of a revenue licence for a motor vehicle, other than a revenue licence replaced by a new revenue licence which is necessary by reason of section 37, surrenders it for cancellation to the licensing authority who issued it, he shall be entitled to obtain from that licensing authority a refund, subject 1o the deduction of a sum of five rupees, of one-twelfth part of the duty paid by that person for the surrendered revenue licence, in respect of each complete calendar month of the period commencing on the first day of the month succeeding the month in which the licence is surrendered and ending on the thirty-first day of December next following. | | |
| | (3) If any person who has paid to a licensing authority the licence fee for a revenue licence for a motor vehicle satisfies the licensing authority at any time before the issue of the revenue licence that such person is not required under this Act to obtain such licence, he shall be entitled to a refund of that fee from that licensing authority. | | |
| | (4) Where an applicant for a revenue licence pays to a licensing authority in revenue stamps, money or otherwise as the licence fee for that licence any sum in excess of that fee, he shall be entitled to obtain a refund of such excess from that licensing authority. ". | | |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts