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RMV out of licences, issues temporary ones
The Motor Traffic Department has suspended issuing the card-type driving license until a new card is designed as the previous contract had lapsed, Registrar of Motor Vehicles, B. Wijeratne said.

The new card is in the process of being designed by a Cabinet appointed Technical Evaluation Committee is likely to be ready by June, Mr. Wijeratne said. He said the contract had lapsed in September, but with Cabinet approval it had been extended to December 31.

He said they had requested the Government Printer to print temporary eight-page booklets to be issued until the cards were ready. "The new card will include several security features and more details about the holder," the Registrar added.

He said the Police could also easily decode the information on the card by using a special instrument provided to them. Mr. Wijeratne said that since January 3 they had received about 5,000 applications and that all of them would be issued with the temporary licences which would be ready by next week.

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