Stamp Duty (Special Provisions) Act 2006 · As enacted
7. Compounding of stamp duty
Official English translation. Where it differs from the Sinhala or Tamil text, the Act itself says which text prevails.
Official translationFrom Department of Government Printing, unchanged
Notwithstanding the provisions of section 6, -
any person issuing insurance policies;
any authority issuing licences;
any service provider, on the presentation of a claim, demand or request for the payment of any money on the use of a credit card;
any employer employing more than one hundred persons accepting receipts for payments made to the employees; and
any other person issuing any other instrument of a category, having regard to the impracticability or inexpediency of stamping instruments of such category, at the time and in the manner prescribed, shall if permitted in writing by the Commissioner General, compound the amount of stamp duty in respect of such insurance policies, license, claim, instrument, receipt or other instrument respectively, and unless otherwise directed shall remit quarterly, such amount to the Commissioner General within fifteen days from the end of the relevant quarter ending on March 31, June 30, September 30 and December 31, of every year:
Provided that any person compounding the amount due as stamp duty in terms of this Act, shall register with the
Commissioner-General and enter into a Bond in such form as is specified by the Commissioner General.
Where any stamp duty which has been compounded in terms of subsection (1) is paid, the person authorized to compound such duty (other than an employer referred to in paragraph (d) of subsection (1), shall issue to the person liable to pay stamp duty a Certificate substantially in the form set out below:-
“It is hereby Certified that a sum of Rs……………..
payable as stamp duty in respect of (specify type of instrument)……………………………..has been collected and remitted in terms of section 7 of the Stamp
Duty (Special Provisions) Act, No. 12 of 2006.”.
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