The Hon. (Dr.) Anil Jayantha
Hon. (Dr.) Anil Jayantha stated that importers had violated existing regulations and were seeking an amendment to the Gazette to regularize earlier irregularities. He said the Government was investigating past documentation issues, including vehicles released subject to post-audit, and had ordered the relevant audits. He argued that amending the Gazette to permit release would amount to changing the law to accommodate a breach, which he said was not feasible.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Member, your interpretation is incorrect. There is a violation of the regulations. Importers are effectively asking us to amend the Gazette to take responsibility for the earlier wrong. Those importers know the procedure. For reasons unknown, documents may not have been in order in the past; we are investigating that too. Some vehicles were released subject to post-audit; we have ordered the relevant audits. The violation is evident. If we amend the Gazette to release these, that would mean changing existing law to accommodate the breach, which is not feasible.
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Cite as: The Hon. (Dr.) Anil Jayantha. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 23 July 2025. No. 1754386160089643. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/4231