The Hon. (Dr.) Anil Jayantha

¶ 01 Sir, I move, (1) “In page 13, leave out all words in line 18 and insert: ‘2011 but prior to October 1, 2025;’”; (2) “In page 13, leave out all words in lines 22 and 23 and insert: ‘(3) for any period commencing on or after October 1, 2025— (a) a period of one month— (i) where any person is considered as an eligible exporter under this Act; (ii) where any person has commenced any business or any project in Sri Lanka and undertakes to comply with the requirements specified in subsection (7) of section 22; (iii) where any person supplies goods or services to any Strategic Development Project under item (xx) of paragraph (b) of Part III of the First Schedule to this Act during the project implementation period or any specified project identified by the Minister under item (xxi) of paragraph (b) of Part III of the First Schedule to this Act;’”; and (3) “In page 14, leave out all words in lines 9 to 13 (both inclusive) and insert: ‘products derived from plants cultivated on land or in a greenhouse, and include products that have undergone preliminary processing steps such as cleaning, sizing, sorting, grading, cutting or chilling for the purpose of sale;’”

¶ 02 Amendments put, and agreed to.

¶ 03 Clause 13, as amended, ordered to stand part of the Bill.

¶ 04 Clauses 14 and 15 ordered to stand part of the Bill.

¶ 05 Enacting Clause and Title ordered to stand part of the Bill. Bill reported with Amendments.