The Hon. Karu Jayasuriya, the Speaker took the Chair.


Presentation of Papers

Order made by the President under Section 2 of the Special Commodity Levy Act, No. 48 of 2007, read with Article 44(2) of the Constitution, relating to Special Commodity Levy and published in the Gazette Extraordinary Nos.
(i) 1891/8 of 2nd December 2014.
(ii) 1892/39 of 12th December 2014.
(iii) 1895/11 of 31st December 2014.

Order made by the Minister of Finance under Section 2 of the Special Commodity Levy Act, No. 48 of 2007, relating to Special Commodity Levy and published in the Gazette Extraordinary Nos.
(iv) 1898/43 of 22nd January 2015.
(v) 1899/32 of 29th January 2015.
(vi) 1901/28 of 14th February 2015.
(vii) 1903/4 of 24th February 2015.
(viii) 1906/7 of 17th March 2015.

(ix) Resolution under Section 10 of the Customs Ordinance (Chapter 235) relating to Import Duties.
(Gazette Extraordinary No. 1899/33 of 29th January 2015)

(x) Resolution under Section 10 of the Customs Ordinance (Chapter 235) relating to Import Duties.
(Gazette Extraordinary No. 1903/40 of 26th February 2015)

(xi) Regulations made by the Minister of Finance under Section 20 read with sub-section (3) of Section 14 of the Imports and Exports (Control) Act, No. 1 of 1969 as amended by Act No. 48 of 1985 and Act, No. 28 of 1987 and published in the Gazette Extraordinary No. 1903/41 of 26th February 2015.

(xii) Order made by the Minister of Finance under Section 3 of the Excise (Special Provisions) Act,  No. 13 of 1989, in relation to Excise Duty and published in the Gazette Extraordinary No. 1903/39 of 26th February 2015.

(xiii) Notification made by the Minister of Finance, under Section 28 (a) read with Section 16 (c) of the Excise Ordinance (Chapter 52), as amended from time to time regarding minimum monthly Excise Duty payable by Arrack and Beer Manufacturers and published in the Gazette Extraordinary No. 1901/19 of 13th February 2015.
(Excise Notification Number 973)

(xiv) Order made by the Minister of Finance and Planning under Section 3 of the Stamp Duty (Special Provisions) Act, No. 12 of 2006 read with Article 44(2) of the Constitution, relating to Stamp Duty and published in the Gazette Extraordinary No. 1882/17 of 30th September 2014.

(xv) The Agreement between the Government of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka and the Government of the Republic of Singapore for the avoidance of Double Taxation and the prevention of Fiscal Evasion with respect to Taxes on Income, entered in to on 3rd April 2014.


Committee on Parliamentary Business

House agreed to a Motion moved by the Hon. Leader of the House of Parliament that notwithstanding the provisions of Standing Order 124, the Committee on Parliamentary Business shall consist of Mr. Speaker as Chairman, the Deputy Speaker, the Deputy Chairman of Committees, the Leader of the House of Parliament, the Leader of the Opposition, the Chief Government Whip, the Chief Opposition Whip and fifteen (15) other members to be nominated by the Committee of Selection.

Announcement by the Speaker

With leave of the House, the Hon. Speaker appointed the following members for the Committee on Parliamentary Business:-

Hon. Nimal Siripala De Silva
Hon. Rauff Hakeem
Hon. Mahinda Samarasinghe
Hon. (Dr.) Rajitha Senaratne
Hon. Ravi Karunanayake
Hon. Rishad Bathiudeen
Hon. Patali Champika Ranawaka
Hon. (Dr.) Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe
Hon. Mano Ganesan
Hon. Ajith P. Perera
Hon. (Dr.) Sarath Amunugama
Hon. Dinesh Gunawardena
Hon. Douglas Devananda
Hon. Vijitha Herath
Hon. (Mrs.) Shanthi Sriskandarasa


Ministerial Statements

The Hon. Ranil Wickremasinghe, Prime Minister and Minister of National Policies and Economic Affairs made a statement regarding his recent State Visit to India.


Main Business of the House for Today

Six Resolutions under the Appropriation Act, No. 36 of 2013

Adjourned debate to be continued


The Parliament was, thereafter adjourned at 1830 Hrs. until 1300 Hrs. on Tuesday 06th October 2015.

*  This is an unedited version. For the official record of this day's proceedings, please refer the Hansard.