Section 2 of the Appropriation Act, No. 16 of 2015
(hereinafter referred to as the “principal enactment”) is hereby amended by the repeal of paragraph (b) of subsection (1) and the substitution therefor of the following:—
(b)
from the borrowings made in the financial year 2016
which are hereby authorized in terms of relevant laws for moneys to be raised whether in or outside
Sri Lanka, for and on behalf of the government:
provided that, the balance outstanding of such borrowings at any given time during the financial year 2016 or at the end of the financial year 2016
shall not exceed rupees one thousand six hundred ninety nine billion and the details of such borrowings shall be incorporated in the Final
Budget Position Report which is required to be tabled in Parliament under section 13 of the Fiscal