8. Amendment of section 17 of the principal enactment

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Section 17 of the principal enactment is hereby amended as follows :—

(1)

in subsection (1) of that section —

(a)

by the substitution in paragraph (a) of that subsection for all the words from “from the moneys of the Tea Control Fund” to the end of that paragraph, of the words “from the Capital

Fund notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Sri Lanka Tea Board Law, No. 14 of 1975,”;

(b)

by the substitution in paragraph (b) of that subsection for the words “Rubber Control Act, and”, of the words “Rubber Control Act;”;

(c)

by the insertion immediately after paragraph (b)

of that subsection, of the following new paragraph :—

“(bb)

where such meeting, investigation or report is concerned with an application made to the Board relating solely to a

Audit of

Accounts of the Fund.

coconut estate, be defrayed from the moneys of the Coconut Development

Authority notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the

Coconut

Development Act, No. 46 of 1971, and”;

(d)

by the substitution for paragraph (c) of that subsection, of the following paragraph :—

“(c)

where such meeting, investigation or report is concerned with an application made to the Board relating jointly to a tea, a rubber and a coconut estate or relating partly to one and partly to another of such estates, be defrayed from the moneys lying to the credit of the

Fund established by section 12A of this

Act.”, and”.

(2)

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

“(2)

The emoluments of the Secretary and other officers and servants appointed by the Board shall be paid out of the Fund established by section 12A of this Act.”.

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