12. Amendment of section 34 of the principal enactment

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

Section 34 of the principal enactment is hereby amended as follows:-

(1)

in subsection (6) by the substitution for the words “made by an Assessor,” of the words “made by an Assessor, other than the Assessor who made such assessment against which the appeal in preferred”.

(2)

in the second proviso to subsection (8), by the substitution for all the words from “The receipt of”

to the words “date of receipt of such appeal” and substitute the following :—

“The receipt of every appeal shall be acknowledged (within thirty days of its receipt and where so acknowledged, the date of the letter of acknowledgement shall for the purposes of this section be deemed to be the date of receipt of such appeal). Where however the receipt of any appeal is not so acknowledged, such appeal shall be deemed to have been received by the Commissioner-General on the day on which it is delivered to the

Commissioner-General.”.

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