3. Amendment of section 3 of the principal enactment

Official English translation. Where it differs from the Sinhala or Tamil text, the Act itself says which text prevails.

Section 3 of the principal enactment is hereby amended as follows :—

(1)

in paragraph (c) of that section, by the substitution for the words “goods supplied by him, were acquired :” of the words “goods supplied by him, were acquired; or” and

(2)

by the addition immediately after paragraph (c) of that section, of the following new paragraph :—

“(d)

any person, where such goods consists of tea purchased on or after August 1, 2002, at an auction as is referred to in paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section 2 for sale within

Sri Lanka.”.

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