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The Hon. Bimal Rathnayake

Jathika Jana balawegaya· National List· 9 January 2025 ·Debate: Special Commodity Levy Act: Orders and Related Motions

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Bimal Rathnayake moved, on behalf of the Prime Minister and the Minister of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education, for parliamentary approval of an Order under Section 2 of the Special Commodity Levy Act, No. 48 of 2007. The Order, issued by the Minister of Finance and published in Extraordinary Gazette No. 2408/15 of 1 November 2024, had Cabinet approval and was agreed to by the House.

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¶ 01 Hon. Deputy Speaker, on behalf of the Prime Minister and the Minister of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education, I move the following:

¶ 02 “That the Order under Section 2 of the Special Commodity Levy Act, No. 48 of 2007, imposed by the Minister of Finance, Economic Development, Policy Implementation, Planning and Tourism, and published in the Extraordinary Gazette No. 2408/15 of 01.11.2024, and presented on 07.01.2025, be approved.

¶ 03 (Cabinet approval has been granted.)”

¶ 04 Question put, and agreed to.

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Hansard, Thursday, 9 January 2025 ·No. 1738229262040729 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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