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Motor Traffic (Amendment) Act (No. 21 of 1981) - Sect 60

Replacement of section 140 of the principal enactment

60. Section 140 of the principal enactment is. and the following new section substituted therefor :
140.
(1) A motor coach or a lorry shall not be driven-
(a) on any highway within an urban area, at a greater speed than thirty-two kilometers per hour, or
(b) on any highway outside an urban area, at a greater speed than fifty-six kilometers. per hour.
(2) A land vehicle shall not be driven on any highway at a greater speed than twenty-four kilometers per hour.
(3) A motor tricycle or a motor tricycle, van, shall not be driven on any highway at a greater speed than thirty-two kilometers per hour,
(4) A motor vehicle of any, class or description to which subsections (1). (2) and (3) does not apply shall not be driven
(a) on any highway within art urban area at a greater speed than fifty-six kilometers per hour, or
(b) on any highway outside an urban area at a greater speed than seventy-two kilometers per hour.


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