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| (1) Where the Ceylon Transport Board has submitted a fares scheme to the fares board, the Ceylon Transport Board shall publish it in such manner as the fares board shall direct, together with a notice specifying the time and the manner (which shall be determined by the fares board) in which objections to such scheme and other representations with respect thereto may be made to the fares board by any body of persons referred to in subsection (2). |
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| (2) Any objection to a fares scheme or any other representation with respect thereto may be made-
| | (a) by any such body representative of the persons or of any class of the persons using the omnibus services to which that scheme relates as may be approved by the Minister, or | | |
| | (b) by the local authority within whose administrative limits such omnibus services are wholly or partly provided. | | |
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| (3) Every objection and representation under subsection (2) shall be in writing, and, in the case of an objection, the grounds of the objection shall be stated. |
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| (4) As soon as possible after the time for making objections and representations with respect to a fares scheme has elapsed, the fares board shall hold a public inquiry into such scheme and shall at that inquiry hear the Ceylon Transport Board and any body or local authority mentioned in subsection (2) who desires to be heard, and shall thereafter either refuse to approve such scheme or approve it with or without alterations: |
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| (5) A fares scheme approved by the fares board shall be published in such manner as shall be specified by the fares board and shall come into force on such date or dates as shall be so specified. |
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| (6) It shall be the duty of the Ceylon Transport Board to give to the fares board all such assistance as is necessary or as the fares board may require for the purpose of making a decision on a fares scheme submitted to the fares board for approval. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts