8. The following new section is hereby inserted immediately after section 14, and shall have effect as section 14A, of the principal Act: -
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| | (1) Where a special series of distinctive numbers is determined for the purpose of assigning, under subsection (1) of section 9, a distinctive number to each motor vehicle the registered owner of which is a diplomat or which belongs to the government of any recognized foreign state. then, if the distinctive number of any such motor vehicle is not of such special series, the Registrar shall cancel the distinctive number of that motor vehicle and assign to it a distinctive number which is of such special series. | | |
| | (2) Where a person who is not a diplomat becomes the registered owner of a motor vehicle which does not belong to the government of a recognized foreign state and to which a distinctive number of the special series referred to in subsection (1) has been assigned, the Registrar shall cancel that distinctive number and assign to that motor vehicle a distinctive number which is not of such special series. | | |
| | (3) Where a motor vehicle which belongs to the government of a recognized foreign state and the distinctive number of which is of the special series referred to in subsection (1) ceases to belong to that government, the Registrar shall, unless a diplomat becomes the registered owner, or the government of any other recognized foreign state becomes the owner, of that motor vehicle, cancel that distinctive number and assign to that motor vehicle a distinctive number which is not of such special series. | | |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts