54. The following new section is hereby inserted immediately after section 133, and shall have effect as 133A, of the principal enactment:
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| | (1) Where the holder of a driving licence is convicted of any offence set out in Column I of the First Schedule to this Act and the court does not suspend or cancel the driving licence of such holder, the court may
| | | (a) if the driving licence of such holder is available enter or cause to be entered upon such license or |
| (b) if the driving licence of such holder is not available, direct the Commissioner to enter upon such licence, such number of demerit points set out in Column II of the Schedule corresponding to the offence in respect of which the holder of such driving licence was convicted, |
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| | (2) Where the holder of a driving licence accumulates within the prescribed period such prescribed number of demerits points as would render such driving licence subject to cancellation or suspension by the Commissioner, the Commissioner shall cancel or suspend the driving licence, as the case may be. | | |
| | (3) Where any court under subsection (1) enters demerit points on any driving licence, the court shall forward to the Commissioner a copy of the entry made on the licence. | | |
| | (4) Immediately upon the suspension or cancellation of a driving licence under subsection (2) the accumulated demerit points shall be deleted.". | | |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts