Sri Lanka Electricity Act 2009 · As enacted · Part III · Modification and Enforcement of Licences
46. Annual Levy
Official English translation. The Sinhala text prevails.
Official translationFrom Department of Government Printing, unchanged
There shall be levied and recovered from every licencee an annual levy of such amount as may be determined by the Commission, by Order published in the Gazette.
In determining the annual levy for any year, the
Commission shall have regard to the following :—
the estimated expenditure of the Commission for that year; and
any unrecovered expenditure from the previous year.
the levy imposed under sub section (1) on a licensee for any year shall be paid by the licensee to the Commission before the thirtieth day of June of that year.
Where the licencee fails to pay the levy imposed under subsection (1) for any year before the thirtieth day of June of that year, the levy shall be deemed to be in default and the
Chairman shall certify the amount of the levy due from the licencee.
Upon the production of a certificate issued by the
Chairman under subsection (4), before the District Court within whose jurisdiction the business of the licencee referred to in the certificate is being carried on, the Court shall issue a writ of execution to issue to the Fiscal authorizing the
Fiscal to seize and sell all or any of the property movable or immovable of such licencee, necessary for the recovery of the amount specified in the certificate and the provisions of section 226 to section 297 of the Civil Procedure Code shall, mutatis mutandis, apply to the execution of such seizure and sale.
Where the Chairman issues a certificate under subsection (4), he or she shall notify in writing to the licencee specified in the certificate, that the amount specified in the certificate is payable by the licencee, but the non receipt of such notice shall not invalidate any proceedings instituted under this section.
Nothing in this section shall affect or be deemed to affect the right of the Commission to recover in any other manner, the amount of any levy in default.