4. Amendment of the First Schedule to the principal enactment

Official English translation. The Sinhala text prevails.

The First Schedule to the principal enactment as last amended by Act, No. 12 of 2015, is hereby further amended as follows:-

(1)

in PART I of that Schedule-

(a)

by the substitution for item (xi) thereof, of the following item:-

“(xi) petroleum and petroleum products calssified under

Harmonized

Commodity Description and Coding

Numbers for Customs purposes, for any period prior to May 2, 2016, and for the period commencing from July 11,

2016, and ending on or before the date on which this Act comes into operation;”; and

(b)

by the substitution for item (xvi) thereof, of the following item:-

“(xvi) any goods imported or supplied to a specified project, other than any housing project, as approved by the

Minister prior to May 2, 2016, and for the period commencing from July 11,

2016, and ending on or before the date on which this Act comes into operation, considering economic benefit to the country and carried on, out of foreign funds or donations received by the

Government;”; and

(2)

in Part II of that Schedule-

(a)

by the substitution for item (ii) thereof, of the following item:-

“(ii)

for any period ended prior to May 2,

2016, and for the period commencing from July 11, 2016, and ending on or before the date on which this Act comes into operation, supply of electricity;”;

and

(b)

by the substitution for item (xxviii) thereof, of the following item:-

“(xxviii) for any period ended prior to May 2,

2016, and for the period commencing from July 11, 2016, and ending on or before the date on which this Act comes into operation, telecommuni-cation services liable to the telecommunication levy under the

Telecommunication Levy Act, No. 21

of 2011, and the services specially excluded from such liability in defining the telecommunication services in that Act;”.

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