Imports and Exports (Control) (Amendment)

Act, No. 48 of 1985

[Certified on 27th December, 19851

L-D.--O. 58/84.

AN.~T TO AMEND THE IMPORTS AND EXFWI'S (CONTROL) /XT,

No. 1 OF 1969

BE it enacted by the Parliament cf the Democratic Socialist

Repub1j.c of Sri Lanka as follows :-1.

This Act may be cited as ‘the Imports and Exports short title.

(Control) (Amendment) Act, No. 48 of 1985.

2. The following new sections are hereby inserted, Insertion

immediately after section 11 of the ImpQ>rts and Exports 0Z new sections llA,

(Control) Act, No. 1 of 1969, and shall have effect as ~~~i~‘~,“t”d

sections ll~, ll~, lit and ll~, of that Act :- No.lofl969.

‘ Publication of the list 11~. (1) Where the Controller is satisfied

ofpersons

who default that any person outside Sri Lanka has made

in payments. default in the payment for-(

u) any goods exported to such person

from Sri Lanka, or

(b) for any goods to be exported ‘to such

person from Sri Lanka in accordance

with an agreement to sell,

the Controller shall in the interest of the

national economy, publish in the Gazette a

list (hereinafter referred to as “ ihe der’aul-ters’

list “) specifying the name of such

person (hereinafter referred to as “the

defaulter “), the address of such defaulter.

and such

necessary

defaulter.

I

other particulars that may be

to ascertain the identity of such

Prohibition 11s. No of export person shall export any goods

of goods to a defaulter from Sri Lanka, to any defaulter for the time

;t$fed being specified in the defaulters’ list.

defaulters’ JisL

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Act, No. 48 of 1985

Prohibition of exports to llc. It shall be deemed to be a condition

t!faeulatt” of every licence, issued under this Aot, that

condition of the the hoider of the Iicence shall not export

licence. any goods to any defaulter specifkd in the

defaulter’s list.

z?le”” defaulter’s name on payment of the amount in default.

11~. Where the Controller is satisfied that

subsequent to the publication of any person’s

name in the defaulters’ list that such person

has paid the amount in default the controllar

shall delete the name of such person from

such list.‘.