Excise (Special Provisions) (Amendment) Act 2006

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

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s 1Short title

(1)

This Act may be cited as the Excise (Special

Provisions) (Amendment) Act, No. 50 of 2006.

(2)

The provisions of this Act shall for all purposes be deemed to have come into operation on November 17, 2006.

s 2Amendment of section 5 of Act, No. 13 of 1989

Section 5 of the Excise (Special Provisions) Act, No.

13 of 1989 is hereby amended in sub-paragraph (ii) of paragraph (b) of subsection (2) of that section, by the substitution for the words “an amount equal to five percentum” of the words, “an amount equal to ten percentum”.

s 3Sinhala text to prevail in case of inconsistency

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