The Hon. Bimal Rathnayake
Bimal Rathnayake moved, on behalf of the Prime Minister and the Minister of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education, for approval of a Gazette Order under the Tobacco Tax Act imposing tobacco tax on beedi. The Order, issued by the Minister of Finance, Economic Stabilization and National Policies and published in Gazette Extraordinary No. 2430/16 of 1 April 2025, had Cabinet approval and was agreed to by the House.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Presiding Member, on behalf of the Prime Minister and the Minister of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education, I move the following:
¶ 02 "That the Order made by the Minister of Finance, Economic Stabilization and National Policies under section 2 of the Tobacco Tax Act, No. 8 of 1999, in respect of the imposition of Tobacco Tax on beedi, published in Gazette Extraordinary No. 2430/16 of 01.04.2025 and presented on 11.07.2025, be approved. (Cabinet approval has been granted.)"
¶ 03 Question put, and agreed to.
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