Greater Colombo Economic Commission (Amendment)

Greater Colombo Economic Commission (Amendment) AN ACT TO AMEND THE GREATER COLOMBO ECONOMIC COMMISSION LAW, NO. 4 OF 1978. BE it enacted by the Parliament of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka as follows : Short title. 1.This Act may be cited as the Greater Colombo Economic Commission (Amendment) Act, No. 43 of 1980. Replacement of section 5 of Law No. 4 of 1978. 2. Section 5 of the Greater Colombo Economic Commission Law, No. 4 of 1978, (hereinafter referred- to as the “principal enactment”) is hereby repealed and the following new section substituted therefor :- “jurisdiction of Commission. 5. The Commission shall have “jurisdiction of in and over (1) the Area of Authority ; (2) any licensed zone ; and (3) any licensed enterprise”. Replacement of section 20 of the principal enactment. 3.Section 20 of the principal enactment is hereby repealed and the following new section substituted therefor ; “Special powers in Area of Authority and licensed zones. 20. (1) The written laws for the time being specified in Schedule C hereto shall have effect in the Area of Authority and in every licensed zone subject to the modifications that it shall be Lawful for the Commission. (a) to make or issue for the whole or any specified part of the Area of Authority or any licensed zone, any bylaw, regulation, order or notification under any such written law : and (b) to execrates. and “charge in the Area of Authority any licensed zone or any part thereof, all or any of the powers or functions vested in or assigned to by any such written law in any officer or person. In like manner as though the references in any such written law to the authority, officer or person empowered to make or issue such by-laws, regulations, orders or notifications or to exercise or discharge such powers or functions were a reference to the Commission. (2) The Commission may by rule designate any officer or person to exercise or discharge on behalf of the Commission any power or function referred to in this section.”. Insertion of new section 22a in the principal enactment. 4. The following new section is hereby inserted immediately after section 22, and shall have effect as section 22A, of the principal enactment: “Establishment of licensed zones. 22A. (1) Where the President; is of the opinion that in any area, not included in the Area of Authority, it would be necessary to provide facilities or Improvements for the establishment of undertakings by licensed enterprises and for such purpose to enable the Commission to exercise certain powers under this Law, he May, by Order Published in the Gazette, declare such area to be a licensed zone, and specify the boundaries of” such zone. (2) Where a licensed zone is declared under subsection (1), no person, body or authority other than the Commission shall exercise, perform and discharge any powers, duties, and functions relating to the approval v al of building plans or the planning ,develop ment or improvement under any written law, within such zone.”. Amendment of section 35 of the Principal enactment. 5.Section 35 of the principal enactment is hereby amended as follows : (a) by the substitution in the definition of license of licensed enterprise “, for the words ” outside the Area of Authority ; and “, of the words ” outside the Area of Authority ; ” ; and (b) by the insertion, immediately after the definition of ” licensed enterprise “, of the following new define non . ” licensed zone” means a zone declared under section 22a ; and Amendment of Schedule to the principal enactment. 6. (1) Schedule B to the principal enactment Is hereby amended as follows : (a) by the Insertion, immediately after the item “The “inland Revenue Act, No, 4 of 1963”, of the following new item : ” The Inland Revenue Act, No, 28 of 1979 ” : and (b) by the insertion immediately after the item “The Finance Act, No, 85 of 1961 ” of the following new item : “Part XII of the Finance Act. No. 11 of 1963”. (2) (a) The amendment made in Schedule B to the principal enactment by paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of this section shall be deemed to have come into force on the date of commencement of the Inland Revenue Act, No. 28 of 1979. (b) The amendment made in Schedule B to the principal enactment by paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of this section shall be deemed to have come into force on the date of corning into operation of the principal enactment.