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The Hon. (Dr.) Harini Amarasuriya - Prime Minister and Minister of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education

Jathika Jana balawegaya· Colombo· 26 November 2025 ·Papers: Papers Presented: Orders and Regulations

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The Prime Minister presented an order under the Special Commodity Levy Act relating to the Special Commodity Levy and a resolution under the Customs Ordinance relating to import duties, both published in Gazette Extraordinary notices dated 09 October 2025. She moved that these be referred to the Committee on Public Finance, and the House agreed.

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¶ 01 Papers Presented

¶ 02 Hon. Speaker, I present the - (i) Order made by the Minister of Finance, Planning and Economic Development under Sections 2 and 5 of the Special Commodity Levy Act, No. 48 of 2007 relating to the Special Commodity Levy and published in Gazette Extraordinary No. 2457/05 of 09th October, 2025; and (ii) Resolution under Section 10 of the Customs Ordinance (Chapter 235) relating to Import Duties (Gazette Extraordinary No. 2457/06 of 09th October, 2025).

¶ 03 I move that the Order and the Resolution be referred to the Committee on Public Finance.

¶ 04 Question put, and agreed to.

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Hansard, Wednesday, 26 November 2025 ·No. 22993 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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