The Hon. (Ms.) Lakmali Hemachandra, Attorney-at-Law
Under the Public Financial Management Act, certain fiscal and economic reports, including the Budget, Economic and Fiscal Position Report, and Mid-Year Fiscal Position Report, must be presented to Parliament. The Member noted that the Act also permits non-disclosure where publication could prejudice national security or specified government commercial activities.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 I will conclude briefly.
¶ 02 On statutory reporting: under the Public Financial Management Act, there are specific reports to be presented to Parliament—the Budget, the Economic and Fiscal Position Report, the Mid-Year Fiscal Position Report, etc. If disclosure would prejudice national security or certain government commercial activities, there is scope for non-disclosure. That is clearly provided.
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