4. Section 20 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 new subsection:
| | " (1) The Minister shall, as soon as may be after the appointed date, by Order published in the Gazette
| | | (a) constitute a District Private Omnibus Operators' Association (hereinafter referred to as a 'District Association ') for each administrative district or where the number of omnibuses as represented by the number of stage carriage permits issued for the purpose of the operation of regular services in any administrative district exceeds one thousand, constitute one or more District Associations within such administrative district; and |
| (b) assign a name to, and define the area of jurisdiction of, each of the District Associations so constituted" ; |
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| (2) by the repeal of subsection (3) of that section and the substitution therefor of the following new subsection :
| | "(3) Every person who is the holder of a stage carriage permit issued under this Act hereinafter referred to as a "private omnibus operator") shall be a member of the District Association of the administrative district in which the place of origin of the route specified in the stage carriage permit is situated, and in any case where there is more than one District Association in a district, such person shall be a member of the District Association within the jurisdiction of which the place of origin of the route specified in the stage carriage permit is situated.'; | | |
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| (3) by the insertion, immediately after subsection (3) of that section, of the following new subsection:-
| | " (4) In any proceedings, civil or criminal, an extract from, or a copy of, any register or record book, maintained by a District Association in the course of discharging its functions, and certified to be a true extract or copy by the Secretary of such District Association, shall be admissible in evidence without proof thereof, and shall be prima facie evidence of the contents of such register or record book. " . | | |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts