47. Section 123 of the principal enactment is hereby repealed and the following section substituted therefor :
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| | (1) Subject to the provisions of subsection (2)-
| | | (a) no person shall drive a motor vehicle of any class on a highway unless he is the holder of an effective driving licence which is valid for motor vehicles of that class; and |
| (b) no person shall employ or permit any other person to drive a motor vehicle of any class on a highway unless the person so employed or permitted is the holder of an effective driving licence which is valid for motor vehicles of that class. |
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| | (2) For the purpose of learning or being permitted to drive a motor vehicle, a person, notwithstanding that he is not the holder of a driving licence, may
| | | (a) where he has completed the age of eighteen years, drive on a highway any motor vehicle, other than a motor tricycle van, motor coach, or lorry, |
| (b) where he has completed the age of twenty- one years, drive on a highway any motor tricycle van, motor coach or lorry, provided, always that
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts