While issuing an extraordinary Gazette notification, the Department of Motor Traffic (DMT) has extended the validity period of driving licences by another three months due to COVID-19 pandemic situation.
Accordingly, the DMT has advised that it will be extending the validity period of all driving licences until March 31, 2021
Earlier, the validity period of all driving licences was extended until December 31, 2020
The Extraordinary Gazette notification is as follows:
The Motor Traffic (Temporary Extension of the Validity Period of Driving Licence) Regulations No. 03 of 2020, published in the Extraordinary Gazette No. 2180/26 of June 17, 2020, as amended by regulation published in another Extraordinary Gazette No. 2198/3 of October 19, 2020, are hereby further amended in the paragraph (b) of regulation 2 thereof by the substitution for the words “to December 31, 2020” “to March 31, 2021”. (Daily Mirror)