17. The principal Act is hereby amended by the insertion, immediately after section 73, of the following new section which shall have effect as section 73A, of that Act : -
73A. With effect from the date on which any stage carriage permit for a regular hiring car service in Ceylon ceases to be in force under section 16 of the Motor Transport Act, No. 48 of 1957, no stage carriage permit for a regular hiring car service shall be granted to any person in respect of the route or routes on which regular hiring car services were provided under the authority of the permit which so ceases to be in force. ". |
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