The Hon. (Dr.) Jagath Wickramaratne, the Speaker took the Chair.
Announcements by the Speaker
1 : Determination of the Supreme Court on the Bill entitled “Convention on the suppression of Terrorist financing (Amendment)”
2 : Determination of the Supreme Court on the Bill entitled “Financial Transactions Reporting (Amendment)”
3 : Receipt of a copy of a petition in respect of the Bill titled “Prevention of Money Laundering (Amendment)” filed at the Supreme Court
Presentation of Papers by the Speaker
A.
Second Installment – Parts LII (52) and LIII (53) and Ninth Installment – Parts XXXVII (37) and XXXVIII (38) of the Report of the Auditor – General for the Financial Year 2024 in terms of Article 154(6) of the Constitution of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka.
B.
(i)
• Fourth Installment – Part XXVIII (28) of the Report of the Auditor – General for the Financial Year 2021;
• Fourth Installment – Part XXVI (26) and Sixth Installment – Part XXX (30) of the Report of the Auditor – General for the Financial Year 2023;
• Fourth Installment – Part XXVI (26) and Sixth Installment – Part XXVI (26) of the Report of the Auditor – General for the Financial Year 2024; and
• First Installment – Part I (1) of the Report of the Auditor – General for the Financial Year 2025
in terms of Article 154(6) of the Constitution of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka.
(ii) Special Audit Report on Taxes in Arrears, Penalties and Interest to be recovered to the Inland Revenue Department from Registered Taxpayers as at 30th June 2024 in the Tenth Installment of the Report of the Auditor General in terms of Article 154(6) of the Constitution of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka.
Presentation of Papers
(i) Report on the Deviation of Headline Inflation from the Inflation Target set out in the Monetary Policy Framework Agreement of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka for Third and Fourth Quarters of the year 2025.
(ii) Financial Statements and Operations of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka for the year 2025.
(iii) Order made by the Minister of Finance, Planning and Economic Development under Section 5 of the Stamp Duty (Special Provisions) Act, No. 12 of 2006 and published in the Gazette Extraordinary No. 2477/22 of 24th February 2026.
(iv) Order made by the Minister of Finance, Planning and Economic Development under Section 3(3) of the Ports and Airports Development Levy Act, No. 18 of 2011 and published in the Gazette Extraordinary No. 2478/05 of 03rd March 2026.
(v) Order made by the Minister of Finance, Planning and Economic Development under Section 3 of the Excise (Special Provisions) Act, No. 13 of 1989, as amended, and published in the Gazette Extraordinary No. 2478/06 of 3rd March 2026.
(vi) Order made by the Minister of Finance, Planning and Economic Development under Section 2A of the Value Added Tax Act, No. 14 of 2002 and published in the Gazette Extraordinary No. 2478/07 of 3rd March 2026.
(vii) Report on the observations and steps taken in terms of the Standing Order 119(4) of the Parliament with regard to the matters mentioned on the Colombo Municipal Council in the report of the Committee on Public Accounts which was presented to Parliament
(viii) Report on the observations and steps taken in terms of the Standing Order 119(4) of the Parliament with regard to the matters mentioned on the Office of the Leader of the House of Parliament in the report of the Committee on Public Accounts which was presented to Parliament
(ix) Report on the observations and steps taken in terms of the Standing Order 120(4) of the Parliament with regard to the matters mentioned on the Land Reform Commission in the report of the Committee on Public Enterprises which was presented to Parliament
(x) Annual Report of the Sri Lanka Institute of Development Administration for the year 2024
(xi) Report on the submission of observations and steps taken in terms of the Standing Order 120(4) of the Parliament with regard to the matters mentioned on the Sri Lanka Ports Authority in the report of the Committee on Public Enterprises which was presented to Parliament
(xii) Order made by the Minister of Justice and National Integration under Section 2 of the Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Act, No. 25 of 2002 in respect of the Treaty between the Government of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka and the Government of the Republic of Maldives signed in July, 2025 and published in the Gazette Extraordinary No. 2470/04 of 05th January 2026
(xiii) Annual Report of the Marine Environment Protection Authority for the year 2023
(xiv) Annual Report of the National Council for Elders and National Secretariat for Elders for the year 2023
Presentation of Reports under Standing Order No. 52(6) of the Parliament
(i) The Report under Standing Order 52(6) of the Parliament on the Bill entitled “Land Development (Amendment)” was presented by the Hon. Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, Land and Irrigation.
(ii) The Report under Standing Order 52(6) of the Parliament on the Bill entitled “Kodhagoda Gunarathana Nahimi Foundation (Incorporation)” was presented by the Hon. Minister of Buddhasasana, Religious and Cultural Affairs.
Presentation of Reports from the Committees
The Report of the Committee on Public Finance was presented by the Hon. Rauff Hakeem, Attorney at Law, Member of Parliament, the Pro-tem Chair of the Committee.
Presentation of Petitions
(i) The Hon. Eranga Gunasekara, Member of Parliament
(ii) The Hon. Dinindu Saman Hennayake, Member of Parliament
(iii) The Hon. Chathura Galappaththi, Member of Parliament
(iv) The Hon. Nanda Bandara, Member of Parliament
(v) The Hon. Muhammad Faizal, Member of Parliament
(Petitions stand referred to the Committee on Public Petitions)
Questions under Standing Order 27(2) of the Parliament
(i) The Hon. Sajith Premadasa
Solution for economic situation of the country and difficulties faced by people
The Hon. Minister of Labour and Deputy Minister of Finance and Planning replied to the above Question.
(ii) The Hon. Ravi Karunanayake
Measures to protect Sri Lanka from future cyber warfare and organised cybercrime
Ministerial Statements
Hon. (Dr.) Anil Jayantha, Minister of Labour and Deputy Minister of Finance and Planning on behalf of the Minister of Finance, Planning and Economic Development replied to the Questions raised by the Hon. Ravi Karunanayake under the Standing Order 27(2) of the Parliament on 22.01.2026 and 18.02.2026 regarding ‘proposed conversion of lump sum withdrawal under the EPF into a monthly pension scheme’ and ‘New Central Bank circular regarding Government Official reserves’ respectively.
Presentation of Bills
The Hon. Minister of Labour and Deputy Minister of Finance and Planning moved the Bill entitled
“Value Added Tax (Amendment)”
to amend the Value Added Tax Act, No. 14 of 2002.
Main Business of the House for Today
Inland Revenue (Amendment) Bill (appearing as Item No. 1 of today’s Order Paper)
was passed by the House with amendments.
Motion at the Adjournment Time
Motion at the Adjournment Time on “Sustainable solution for Human – Elephant conflict” was proposed by the Hon. (Mrs.) Rohini Kumari Wijerathna, Member of Parliament.
The Parliament was, thereafter adjourned at 1758 Hrs. until 0930 Hrs. on Wednesday 20th May 2026.
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