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Part III · Exemption of Certain Persons from the Application of the Imports and Exports (Control) Act…

5. Granting exemption to certain persons from the application of the Imports and Exports (Control) Act…

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

Notwithstanding anything contrary to any other written law, a person who imported –

(a)

any motor vehicle imported into Sri Lanka on or after May 22, 2020 and not removed from the

Sri Lanka Customs, on or prior to November 12,

2021, due to the prohibitions and restrictions imposed by Imports and Exports (Control)

Regulations, No.2 of 2020 made under the

Imports and Exports (Control) Act, No.1 of 1969

and published in the Gazette Extraordinary

No. 2176/19 of May 22, 2020; or

(b)

any motor vehicle propelled electrically imported into Sri Lanka on or prior to November 12, 2021 and not removed from the Sri Lanka

Customs on the date of coming into operation of this Act, due to non-payment of any tax which is liable to be paid in terms of any Act referred to in Schedule hereto, shall be permitted to remove such vehicle from the Sri Lanka

Customs, subject to the payment of due amount of tax with a surcharge under the provisions of section 6.

Read on from s 6

Schedules