74. Section 164 of the principal enactment is hereby amendment as follows :
| (1) in subsection (I) of that section by the substitution for paragraphs (b) and (c) of that subsection, of the following paragraphs :
| | " (b) by order of the local authority of any area in the case of a highway in charge of that local authority or in the case of a highway in charge of the Department of Highways by order of the Director of Highways :-
| | | (i) for the purpose of regulating the movement of traffic or indicating the route to be followed by traffic or for any other purpose relating to or connected with the use of motor vehicles on that highway ; or |
| (ii) for the purpose of prohibiting, restricting or regulating traffic over any bridge or any section of the highway, which is in a dangerous condition or in course of repair, construction or reconstruction ; or |
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| | (c) by order of the Sri Lanka Central Transport Board or a Regional Transport Board established under the Transport Board Law, No. 19 of 1978, in concurrence with the Department of Highways, local authority and the police for the purpose of indicating
| | | (i) places set apart for the parking of omnibuses belonging to any such Board ; and |
| (ii) stopping places for omnibuses belonging to any such Board."; |
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| (2) by the repeal of subsection (4) of that section and the substitution therefor of the following subsection :
| | " (4) In any prosecution for a contravention of subsection (3), every traffic sign or notice erected, exhibited or provided on, or so as to be visible from, any highway shall, unless the contrary is proved, be deemed to have been duly erected or exhibited under subsection (1)." ; and | | |
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| (3) by the repeal of subsection (7) of that section and the substitution therefor of the following subsection:
| | ' (7) In this section "local authority" includes a Village Council and any such board, institution or corporation as is empowered by law to construct and maintain roads and is declared by the Minister by notification published in the Gazette to be a local authority for the purposes of this section.'. | | |
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