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PARLIAMENT OF THE DEMOCRATIC
SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF
SRI LANKA
ECONOMIC SERVICE CHARGE
(AMENDMENT) ACT, No. 6 OF 2013
[Certified on 22nd March, 2013]
Printed on the Order of Government
Published as a Supplement to Part II of the Gazette of the Democratic
Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka of March 22, 2013
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Economic Service Charge (Amendment) 1
Act, No. 6 of 2013
[Certified on 22nd March, 2013]
L.D.—O. 1/2013.
ANACT TO AMEND THE ECONOMIC SERVICE CHARGE
ACT, NO. 13 OF 2006
BE it enacted by the Parliament of the Democratic Socialist
Republic of Sri Lanka as follows :—
1. This Act may be cited as the Economic Service Short title
Charge (Amendment) Act, No. 6 of 2013 and shall come into and date of
operation.
operation on April 1, 2013.
2. Section 2 of the Economic Service Charge Act, Amendment of
No. 13 of 2006 (hereinafter referred to as the “principal section 2 of Act,
No. 13 of 2006.
enactment”) as last amended by Act, No. 11 of 2012 is
hereby further amended in subsection (3) of that section as
follows:—
(1) in the proviso to paragraph (a), by the substitution
for the words “the relevant turnover for such quarter
shall”, of the words “the relevant turnover for such
quarter other than any turnover, the profits from
which are exempt from income tax shall”;
(2) in item (ix) of sub-paragraph (a) of paragraph (b), by
the substitution for the words “by any manufacturer
of such product; and” of the words “by any
manufacturer of such product;”; and
(3) by the addition, immediately after item (ix) of sub-
paragraph (a) of paragraph (b), of the following new
items:-
“(x) funds voted by Parliament from the
Consolidated Fund or any loan arranged by
the Government of Sri Lanka, for the provision
of any service, free of charge by any public
corporation on behalf of the Government; and
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(xi) proceeds from the sale of any organic fertilizer
by the manufacturer of such product; and”.
Amendment of 3. Section 13 of the principal enactment as last amended
section 13 of by Act, No. 11 of 2011 is hereby further amended in the
the principal
enactment. definition of the expression “person” as follows:—
(1) in paragraph (f) by the substitution for the words
“Unit Trust or Mutual Fund.”, of the words “Unit
Trust or Mutual Fund; and”;
(2) by the addition immediately after paragraph (f), of
the following new paragraph:—
“(g) the Central Bank of Sri Lanka;”.
Sinhala text to 4. In the event of any inconsistency between the Sinhala
prevail in case of and Tamil texts of this Act, the Sinhala text shall prevail.
inconsistency.

Economic Service Charge (Amendment) 3
Act, No. 6 of 2013
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