2. Amendment of section 2 of Act…

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

Section 2 of the Economic Service Charge Act, No. 13

of 2006 (hereinafter referred to as the “principal enactment”)

is hereby amended in subsection (1) of that section, by the substitution for the words “at the appropriate rate specified in the Schedule to this Act, ” of the following :—

“at the appropriate rate specified in the Schedule to this Act :

Provided that notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Act and the rates specified in the

Schedule to this Act, the rate of the Economic Service

Charge, chargeable in respect of the turnover arising on or after April 1, 2008 from the export of any articles or goods, shall not exceed 0.25 per centum.”.

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