Betting And Gaming Levy (Amendment)



Betting And Gaming Levy (Amendment)
AN ACT TO AMEND THE BETTING AND GAMING LEVY ACT, No.40 OF 1988.

BE it enacted by the Parliament of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri lanka as follows:-

[31st March
, 2005
]
Short title.

1. This act may be cited as the Betting and Gaming Levy (Amendment) Act,No.9 of 2005.

Amendment of section 2 of the Betting and Gaming Levy Act, No.40 of 1988.

2. Section 2 of the Betting and Gaming Levy Act, No.40 of 1988 (hereinafter referred to as the “principal enactment”) is hereby amended in subsection(1) thereof, by the substitution for the words ” at the respective rates set out in the Schedule to this Act:,” of the words “equivalent to the respective amounts set out in the Schedule to this Act:”

Replacement of the Schedule to the principal enactment.

3. The Schedule to the principal enactment is hereby repealed and the following Schedule substituted therefor:-


Schedules

Sinhala text to prevail in case of inconsistency.

4. In the event of any inconsistency between the Sinhala and Tamil texts of this Act, the Sinhala text shall prevail.