2. Amendment of section 30 of the Excise Ordinance

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

Section 30 of the Excise Ordinance (Chapter 52)

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

(1)

in subsection (1) by the substitution for the words

“Every person who manufactures or sells any excisable article under a licence” of the words

“Every person who imports, exports, transports, manufactures, sells, possess or stores any excisable article under a licence, permit or pass;

(2)

in the marginal note to that section for the words

“certain licensees” of the words “holder of a licence, permit or pass”.