Inland Revenue (Amendment) Act 2005 · As enacted
14. Amendment of section 23 of the principal enactment
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Section 23 of the principal enactment as last amended by Act, No. 12 of 2004 is hereby amended as follows :—
in paragraph (bb) of subsection (1) of that section:—
by the substitution in sub-paragraph (i) of that paragraph, for the words “such equipments, as the case may be ;”, of the following words and figures :—
“such equipments, as the case may be :
Provided that in the case of software acquired on or after April 1, 2005 -
(A)
where such software is a software developed in Sri Lanka, the rate shall be one hundred per centum ; and
(B)
where such software is other than software developed in Sri Lanka the rate shall be twenty five per centum ;”;
by the substitution in sub-paragraph (vi) of that paragraph, for all the words from “any qualified building or any unit” to the words “acquisition as the case may be :” , of the following words :-
“any qualified building, any unit of a condominium property acquired which is approved by the Urban Development Authority established by the Urban Development Authority
Law, No. 41 of 1978, and constructed to be used as a commercial unit or any hotel building
(including a hotel building complex) or any industrial building (including a industrial building complex) acquired from a person who has used such buildings in any trade or business, at the rate of six and two third per centum per annum, on the cost of construction or cost of acquisition, as the case may be :” ; and
by the substitution in the proviso to that paragraph, for the words and figures “(v) of this paragraph”, of the words and figures “(v) or (vi)
of this paragraph.” ;
in the paragraph appearing immediately after sub-paragraph (id) of the proviso to paragraph (m) of subsection (1) of that section, by the substitution for the words and figures “sub-paragraphs (ia), (ib)
and (ic)”, of the words and figures “sub-paragraphs (ia), (ib), (ic) and this sub-paragraph” ; and
by the renumbering subsection (3a) of that section as subsection (3A).