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Part XVI · Miscellaneous Provisions

70. Recovery of surcharges and penalties

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

(1)

Where any person fails to pay any surcharge or penalty imposed on him by the Commission, the

Commission shall cause a certificate to be issued under its hand.

(2)

Such certificate shall contain the particulars of the sum due and the name and address of the defaulter.

(3)

Any person aggrieved by the certificate shall, within a period of fourteen days of the posting of such certificate, make an application to the Magistrate’s Court to have such certificate set aside or varied.

(4)

If no application is made in terms of subsection (3), the sum of money so certified shall be deemed to be a debt due from such person to the Commission and may be recovered by the Commission by issuing a certificate to the

District Court.

(5)

The provisions of the Civil Procedure Code (Chapter

101) shall be applicable to an application in terms of this section.

Read on from s 71

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