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Part XV · Interim Provisions and Investment Protection

64. Authorised person to be permitted to engage in business outside the Area of Authority of the Colombo Port City as an interim measure

Official English translation. The Sinhala text prevails. Open the official Sinhala text, official PDF on documents.gov.lk

(1)

The Commission may, where it considers necessary to do so, as an interim measure, permit an authorised person to engage in business from a designated location in Sri Lanka outside the Area of Authority of the

Colombo Port City as may be approved by the President or in the event that the subject of the Colombo Port City is assigned to a Minister, by such Minister, for a period not exceeding five years from the date of commencement of this

Act. Such business shall, for such period of five years, be entitled to all the privileges accorded to, and be deemed for all purposes to be a business situated within and engaged in business, in and from, the Area of Authority of the Colombo

Port City.

(2)

Where an authorised person has been permitted to engage in business from a designated location in Sri Lanka outside the Area of Authority of the Colombo Port City in terms of subsection (1), such business shall be subject to the provisions of this Act and any regulations made hereunder.

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