96. Section 197 of the principal enactment is hereby amended as follows :
| (1) by the repeal of subsection (1) of that section and the substitution therefor of the following subsection :
| | '(1) This section shall apply to all motor vehicles of the following classes or descriptions, namely, motor tricycle vans, motor coaches and lorries, and the expression " motor vehicle to which this section applies ", wherever it occurs therein shall be construed accordingly.* ; | | |
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| (2) by the repeal of subsection (9) of that section and the substitution therefor of the following subsection :
| | " (9) Where the use of a motor vehicle to which this section applies is prohibited by a notice under subsection (5)
| | | (a) no person shall use such vehicle or cause it to be used until the notice is revoked under subsection (8) and |
| (b) the licensing authority who issued the revenue licence for such vehicle may in writing order the registered owner of such vehicle to surrender the revenue licence to him so that he may impound it until the notice is so revoked, and, if such order is made, such registered owner, shall comply with it within fourteen days after it is communicated to him." ; and |
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| (3) by the substitution for the marginal note to that section of the following marginal note : |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts