The Department of Motor Traffic (DMT) has announced that the Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN) will be mandatory to register new vehicles and their related services.

Clarifying that the Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN) will be mandatory for the registration of new vehicles, the DMT said, however, certain types of vehicles are exempted.

The department said the TIN number is not mandatory for the registration or transfer of motorcycles, three-wheelers, tractors, hand-tractors and tractor-trailers. 

The clarification comes as the government had announced last month that following the lifting of vehicle import restrictions, the TIN number will be mandatory for the registration of vehicles. (Newswire)

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A Deputy Commissioner of the Department of Motor Traffic (DMT) in Sri Lanka has been arrested by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) for allegedly authorizing the registration of an illegally imported vehicle.

According to CIABOC, the arrested official, a resident of Rambukkana, was serving at the Hambantota office of the DMT and is currently under suspension.

The investigation revealed that a Toyota Land Cruiser was registered without proper clearance from Sri Lanka Customs.

Following his arrest, the suspect was presented before the Colombo Chief Magistrate’s Court and released on cash bail of Rs. 25,000 and five sureties of Rs. 500,000 each.

Additionally, a travel ban has been imposed on him.

This is not the first time the suspect has faced corruption allegations.

In October last year, he was arrested by CIABOC officials for allegedly soliciting and accepting a bribe to facilitate ownership transfers of three buses. (Newswire)

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The Department of Motor Traffic says fines will be imposed on those who purchase vehicles and use them without registering them under their names.

The Commissioner General of the department said the vehicle must be registered within 14 days of purchase, adding that thereafter, a fine of Rs. 100 will be imposed per day. 

Anuruddha Weerasingha said that the measures are being taken in line with the Police CCTV camera initiative to trace traffic offenders in Colombo, which came into effect yesterday.

He said under the program, the fines for those found guilty will be sent to the address of the registered owner of the vehicle. 

Anuruddha Weerasingha further said that this program will allow the department to identify unregistered vehicles. (NewsWire)

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The investigations into a racket, where illegally imported vehicles had been registered under old and invalid vehicle numbers, has been handed over to the Criminal Investigations Department (CID), it was reported.

According to Daily News, the investigations being carried out by the Central Anti-Corruption Task Force were handed over to the CID on the instructions of the Inspector General of Police (IGP).

The officials of the CID’s Illegal Property & Assets Investigation Division took over the investigation yesterday (22) into the organized smuggling of 430 cars and jeeps imported illegally and registered under old and invalid vehicle numbers.

Investigations have revealed that the racket was being carried out allegedly with the help of corrupt officials at the Motor Vehicle Registration Department. 

The investigations have been handed over to the CID due to the large number of cases being handled by the Central Anti-Corruption Force on a daily basis. (NewsWire)

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