The Hon. Bimal Rathnayake
Bimal Rathnayake said vehicle registrations are available online at five branch offices for all categories except 32, 64, 65 and certain “O/1/11” series, which he said are frequently used in fraud. He noted that even the Narahenpita Head Office does not offer one-day service for those categories and that an officer linked to such fraud had recently been transferred, stating that the restrictions are intended to prevent abuse.
Verbatim record (translated)
Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Presiding Member, thank you for the minute. Regarding the issue raised about vehicle registrations at five online-enabled branch offices: Sri Lanka allows registrations of all vehicle types, except categories 32, 64, 65 and certain “O/1/11” series. Those categories are heavily used in fraud nationwide; therefore, even the Narahenpita Head Office does not provide one-day service for them. We recently transferred out an officer connected to such fraud. Hence we are not enabling those categories to curb abuse. Thank you.
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- Hansard, Thursday, 8 January 2026 ·No. 23118 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: The Hon. Bimal Rathnayake. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 8 January 2026. No. 23118. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/4940