2. Transfer of Stamp Duty to the Provincial Councils

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

Pursuant to a proposal contained in the 2011 Budget

Proposals, from and after the date of the coming into operation of this Act, all revenue collected by the

Government as Stamp Duty, in terms of the Stamp Duty

(Special Provisions) Act, No. 12 of 2006 shall be transferred to the respective Provincial Councils, on the basis of the revenue so collected.