The Hon. Mahinda Yapa Abeywardana, the Speaker took the Chair.
Announcements by the Speaker
A : Determination of the Supreme Court on the Bill entitled “Penal Code (Amendment)”
B : Receipt of the copies of petitions filed at the Supreme Court
C : Co-opted Members to serve in the Legislative Standing Committee for consideration of the Bill entitled “Shaili Edutainment Foundation (Incorporation)”
D : Members to serve in the Select Committee of Parliament to make suitable recommendations for the expansion of higher education opportunities in Sri Lanka
E : Meeting of the Committee on Parliamentary Business
F : Receipt of a copy of a petition filed at the Supreme Court
Presentation of Papers by the Speaker
Fourth Installment – Part XXIII of the Report of the Auditor–General for the Financial Year 2021 in terms of Article 154(6) of the Constitution of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka.
Presentation of Papers
(i) Annual Report of the Securities and Exchange Commission of Sri Lanka for the year 2019
(ii) Annual Report of the Sri Lanka Insurance Corporation Ltd for the year 2021
(iii) Annual Report of the Board of Investment of Sri Lanka for the year 2021
(iv) Annual Report of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka for the year 2022
(v) Order made by the Minister of Finance, Economic Stabilization and National Policies under Section 3(3) of the Ports and Airports Development Levy Act, No. 18 of 2011 relating to Ports and Airports Development Levy and published in the Gazette Extraordinary No. 2312/67 of 31st December 2022
(vi) Order made by the Minister of Finance, Economic Stabilization and National Policies under Section 3 of the Excise (Special Provisions) Act, No. 13 of 1989 relating to Excise duty and published in the Gazette Extraordinary No. 2312/68 of 31st December 2022
(vii) Notification made by the Minister of Finance, Economic Stabilization and National Policies under Section 22 of the Excise Ordinance (Chapter 52) as amended from time to time, regarding Excise duty on liquor, and published in the Gazette Extraordinary No. 2312/70 of 31st December 2022.
(Excise Notification No. 07/2022)
(viii) Regulations made by the Minister of Finance, Economic Stabilization and National Policies under Section 21 of the Tobacco Tax Act, No. 8 of 1999 amended by the Act, No. 9 of 2004 read with Section 2 of the aforesaid Act regarding imposition of Tobacco Tax on Beedi and published in the Gazette Extraordinary No. 2312/71 of 31st December 2022
(ix) Order made by the Minister of Finance, Economic Stabilization and National Policies under Section 5 of the Stamp Duty (Special Provisions) Act, No. 12 of 2006 relating to Stamp Duty and published in the Gazette Extraordinary No. 2312/73 of 31st December 2022
(x) Regulation made by the Minister of Finance, Economic Stabilization and National Policies under Section 155(1) of the Securities and Exchange Commission of Sri Lanka Act, No. 19 of 2021 relating to the rate of CESS to be charged and levied on every Repurchase transaction in Corporate Debt Securities carried out on the “Over the Counter Platform” of the Colombo Stock Exchange and published in the Gazette Extraordinary No. 2316/32 of 26th January 2023
(xi) Order made by the Minister of Finance, Economic Stabilization and National Policies under Section 2(1) of the Finance Act, No. 25 of 2003 regarding Embarkation Levy and published in the Gazette Extraordinary No. 2309/37 of 09th December 2022
(xii) Order made by the Minister of Finance, Economic Stabilization and National Policies under Section 2(1) of the Finance Act, No. 25 of 2003 regarding Embarkation Levy and published in the Gazette Extraordinary No. 2314/16 of 11th January 2023
(xiii) Regulations made by the Minister of Finance, Economic Stabilization and National Policies under Section 22 read with Section 26 of the Finance Act, No. 11 of 2004 regarding International Telecommunications Operators Levy and published in the Gazette Extraordinary No. 2312/80 of 01st January 2023
(xiv) Order made by the Minister of Finance, Economic Stabilization and National Policies under Section 51 read with Section 19 of the Finance Act, No. 35 of 2018 relating to Luxury Tax on Motor Vehicles and published in the Gazette Extraordinary No. 2312/69 of 31st December 2022
(xv) Orders made by the Minister of Finance, Economic Stabilization and National Policies under Section 51 read with Section 19 of the Finance Act, No. 35 of 2018 relating to Luxury Tax on Motor Vehicles and published in the Gazette Extraordinary No. 2318/53 of 10th February 2023
(xvi) Note on Supplementary Allocations from the Supplementary Support Services and Contingent Liabilities Project appearing under Expenditure Head No. 240 of the Department of National Budget for the period from 01.03.2023 to 31.03.2023 under Section 6(1) of the Appropriation Act, No. 43 of 2022
(xvii) Report of the Minister and Annexures I and II under Section 7 of the Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka Act No. 35 of 2002 on proposed removal of Mr. J.W.M.J.P.K. Ratnayake as a Member of Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka
(xviii) Order made by the Minister of Education under Section 27(1) read with Section 21 of the Universities Act, No. 16 of 1978 on the recommendation of the University Grants Commission with regard to the establishment of Department of Human Biological Sciences of the University of Jaffna, Sri Lanka and published in the Gazette Extraordinary No. 2321/51 of 02nd March 2023
(xix) Regulations made by the Minister of Public Security under Section 52 read with Section 23 of the Immigrants and Emigrants Act, (Chapter 351)
Presentation of Reports from the Committees
(i) The Report and the Minutes of the Legislative Standing Committee on “Rathanatissa Peace Foundation (Incorporation) Bill” was presented by the Hon. Madhura Withanage, Attorney at Law, a member of the Committee.
(ii) The Report of the Committee on Public Finance was presented by the Hon. Madhura Withanage, Attorney at Law, a member of the Committee.
Presentation of Petitions
(i) The Hon. J. C. Alawathuwala - Two Petitions
(ii) The Hon. Ajith Mannapperuma - Two Petitions
(iii) The Hon. Kins Nelson
(Petitions stand referred to the Committee on Public Petitions)
Questions under Standing Order 27(2) of the Parliament
The Hon. Sajith Premadasa
Malnutrition in school children
Main Business of the House for Today
The following Items (Item Nos. (i) to (v)) were approved by the House.:-
(i) Two Orders under the Sri Lanka Export Development Act
(ii) Order under the Ports and Airports Development Levy Act
(iii) Eight Orders under the Special Commodity Levy Act
(iv) Two Regulations under the Imports and Exports (Control) Act
(v) Regulations under the Employees’ Trust Fund Act
Motion at the Adjournment Time
Motion at the Adjournment Time on “Mechanism to carry out functions of Local Government Institutions” was proposed by the Hon. Madhura Withanage, Attorney at Law.
The Parliament was, thereafter adjourned at 1730 Hrs. until 0930 Hrs. on Wednesday 10th May 2023.
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