Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts Sri Lanka Consolidated ActsReplacement of the long title to the Motor Transport Act. No. 48 of 1957
| 2. The Motor Transport Act, No. 48 of 1957, hereinafter referred to as the " principal enactment ", is hereby amended by the substitution, for the long title to that enactment, of the following new long title:- " An Act to provide for the establishment of a Transport Board concerned with the provision of regular and occasional omnibus services, and hiring ear services, ferry services, and the carriage of goods by land and water, and for the compulsory acquisition or requisition by such Board of any immovable or movable property required for the purposes of such Board; to terminate the continuance in force of stage carriage permits for regular omnibus services and hiring ear services, granted under the Motor Traffic Act; to provide for the establishment of a compensation tribunal for the determination of the compensation payable in respect of property compulsorily acquired or requisitioned; to specify the powers and duties of such Board and Tribunal; to amend the Motor Traffic Act; and to make provisions for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid.". |