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Act of Parliament

Save the Nation Contribution (Abolition) Act 2002

Official English translation. The Sinhala text prevails.

Official translationFrom Department of Government Printing, unchanged

s 1Short title

This Act may be cited as the Save the Nation

Contribution (Abolition) Act, No. 8 of 2002.

s 2Abolition of the charging of the Save the Nation Contribution with effect from October 1, 2001

Notwithstanding anything in the Save the Nation

Contribution Act, No. 5 of 1996—

(a)

the Save the Nation Contribution shall not be charged and recovered from any person to whom that Act applies, for any quarter of any year ; and

(b)

the employer of any person to whom that Act applies shall not be required to deduct any amount that such employer is required to deduct from the emoluments payable to such person, under section 4 of that Act, for any month, commencing on or after October 1, 2001.

s 3Sinhala text to prevail in case of inconsistency

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