9. Section 14 of the principal enactment is hereby amended as follows ;
| (1) in subsection (1) of that section
| | (a) by the substitution for paragraphs (b) and (e) thereof, of the following paragraphs :
| | | " (b) unless the revenue licence for that motor vehicle or a duplicate thereof is forwarded to the Commissioner by the applicant or the previous owner of that motor vehicle or, if there is no such licence, unless a receipt for the payment of the fee for such licence or a certificate from the licensing authority that a valid notice of non-user has been given in respect of that vehicle under section 37 is forwarded to the Commissioner ; |
| (c) if his registration as owner thereof is prohibited by section 4 (2) or by any of the conditions stipulated by the Commissioner under section 9(l)(c) ;" ; and |
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| | (b) by the insertion, immediately after paragraph (c) of that subsection, of the following new paragraph :
| | | "(d) unless all arrears of licence duty due from the registered owner and any liability under any other law in respect of the vehicle are paid." ; |
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| (2) by the repeal of subsections (2) and (3) of that section, and the substitution therefor of the following subsections :
| | "(2) Upon the registration of the new owner of a motor vehicle, the Commissioner shall
| | | (a) either make the necessary alterations in the certificate of registration and deliver it to the new owner or issue to him a new certificate of registration ; and |
| (b) if the revenue licence for that motor vehicle has not become void under section 39, make the necessary alterations in such licence and deliver it to the new owner, and, if the revenue licence for that motor vehicle has become void under section 39, transmit the void revenue licence to the licensing authority : |
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(3) Upon the registration under this section of the new owner of a motor vehicle, the motor vehicle shall not be used unless a new revenue licence is issued in respect thereof, if the revenue licence has become void under section 39." ; and | | |
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| (3) by the repeal of subsection (6) of that section and the substitution therefor of the following subsection :
| | "(6) Within a period of fourteen days after the due settlement of liabilities of a hire-purchase agreement in respect of a motor vehicle, the person who so let that vehicle shall forward to the Commissioner a written application for the deletion from the entry in the register relating to that vehicle of the name of the absolute owner thereof entered under subsection (4). Such application shall be accompanied by the prescribed fee for such deletion.". | | |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts