Appropriation (Amendment) Act 2023

Official English translation. Where it differs from the Sinhala or Tamil text, the Act itself says which text prevails.

Official translationFrom Department of Government Printing, unchanged

s 1Short title

This Act may be cited as the Appropriation

(Amendment) Act, No. 12 of 2023.

s 2Amendment of section 2 of Act, No. 43 of 2022

Section 2 of the Appropriation Act, No. 43 of 2022

(hereinafter referred to as the “principal enactment”) is hereby amended as follows:–

(1)

in paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of that section, by the substitution for the words “rupees four thousand nine hundred seventy nine billion”, of the words “rupees thirteen thousand nine hundred seventy nine billion”; and

(2)

in subsection (4) of that section, by the substitution for the words “rupees four thousand two hundred twenty two billion two hundred thirty three million three hundred sixty two thousand”, of the words

“rupees thirteen thousand two hundred twenty two billion two hundred thirty three million three hundred sixty two thousand”.

s 3Amendment of the Second Schedule to the principal enactment

The Capital Expenditure Column of the Department of Treasury Operations appearing under the Head No. 249

of the Second Schedule to the principal enactment is hereby amended by the substitution for the figures

“2,019,970,000,000” of the figures “11,019,970,000,000”.

s 4Sinhala text to prevail in case of inconsistency

In the event of any inconsistency between the Sinhala and Tamil texts of this Act, the Sinhala text shall prevail.

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