7. Amendment of section 10 of the principal enactment

Official English translation. The Sinhala text prevails.

Section 10 of the principal enactment is hereby amended as follows :—

(1)

in subsection (1) of that section, by the substitution for the words “on an application made for an exemption by Order published in the Gazette, exempt”, of the words “on application made for that purpose, exempt”;

(2)

by the repeal of subsection (2) of that section and the substitution therefor of the following subsection :—

“(2) The Commission shall issue to every person or category of persons to whom an exemption under subsection (1) is granted, a Certificate of Exemption which shall be subject to such terms and conditions and be effective for such period, as shall be specified therein.”.

(3)

by the addition at the end of that section, of the following new subsection :—

“(3) Within one week of the issue under subsection (2) of a Certificate of Exemption to any person or category of persons, it shall be the duty of the Commission to publish by a notice in the

Gazette, the names of all such persons or category of persons, as the case may be, to whom a Certificate of Exemption was issued :

Provided that, if no Notice as required above is published in the Gazette within the period stipulated, the Certificate of Exemption granted under subsection (2) shall be null and void and of no force or avail in law.”.

(4)

by the substitution for the marginal note to that section, of the following marginal note :—

“Exemption granted on application.”.

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