ACT, No. 20 OF 2011

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PARLIAMENT OF THE DEMOCRATIC
SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF
SRI LANKA
EXCISE (AMENDMENT)
ACT, No. 20 OF 2011
[Certified on 31st March, 2011]
Printed on the Order of Government
Published as a Supplement to Part II of the Gazette of the Democratic
Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka of April 01, 2011
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Excise (Amendment) Act, No. 20 of 2011 1
[Certified on 31st March, 2011]
L.D.—O. 3/2011.
ANACT TO AMEND THEEXCISE ORDINANCE (CHAPTER 52)
BE it enacted by the Parliament of the Democratic Socialist
Republic of Sri Lanka as follows :—
1. (1) This Act may be cited as the Excise (Amendment) Short title and
Act, No. 20 of 2011. date of
operation.
(2) The provisions of this Act shall for all purposes be
deemed to have come into operation on November 19, 2010.
2. Section 15 of the Excise Ordinance (Chapter 52) is Amendment of
hereby amended by the repeal of paragraphs (b) and (c) of section 15 of the
Excise
that section, and the substitution therefor of the Ordinance.
following :—
“(b) no tree producing toddy, other than the kithul tree
and the palmyrah tree, shall be tapped ; and
(c) no toddy shall be drawn from any tree, other than
the kithul tree and the palmayrah tree.”.
3. In the event of any inconsistency between the Sinhala Sinhala text to
and Tamil texts of this Act, the Sinhala text shall prevail. prevail in case of
inconsistency.
2—PL 005596 – 4,240 (03/2011)

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