Defence Levy (Amendment)



Defence Levy (Amendment)
AN ACT TO AMEND THE DEFENCE LEVY ACT, NO. 52 OF 1991

BE it enacted by the Parliament of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka as follows: ”

[24th December
, 1992
]
Short title.

1. This Act may be cited as the Defence Levy (Amendment) Act, No. 66 of 1992.

Amendment of the long title of Act No. 52 of 1991.

2. The long title of the Defence Levy Act, No- 52 of 1991(hereinafter referred to as ” the principal enactment”) is hereby amended by the substitution, for the words and figures, “for the year commencing on January 1, 1992″, of the words and figures ” for the years commencing respectively, on January 1, 1992, and on January 1, 1993 “.

Amendment of section 3 of the principal enactment.

3. Section 3 of the principal enactment is hereby amended in subsection (1) of that section, by the substitution for the words and figures, ‘ for every quarter of the year commencing on January 1, 1992″, of the words and figures “for every quarter of the years commencing respectively, on January 1, 1992, and on January 1, 1993”.

Amendment of the schedule to the principal enactment.

4. The Schedule to the principal enactment (inserted by the Defence Levy (Amendment) Act, No. 36 of 1992) is hereby amended by the substitution, for the words and figures, ” for the quarters commencing on July 1, 1992 and October 1, 1992, respectively. “, of the words and figures ” for every quarter commencing on or after July 1, 1992, but prior to January 1, 1994.”.

Sinhala text to prevail in case of inconsistency.

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