8. The following new sections are hereby inserted immediately alter section 9, and shall have effect as sections 9A, 9B and 9C of the principal enactment:
| 9A. Any notice, order or other document required to be served on any person under this Ordinance or any regulations made thereunder may be served by post under registered cover, and if so served, shall be (deemed) to have been served at the time when the letter containing the same would be delivered in the ordinary course of post, and in proving such service, it shall be sufficient to prove that the notice, order or other document was properly addressed and put into the post. |
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| 9B. When a document which appears to have been made in the ordinary course of business having regard to the nature of such business and is not otherwise open to suspicion by reason of alterations or other circumstances
| | (i) is produced by any person or has been seized from the custody or control of any person, under this Ordinance, or | | |
| | (ii) has been received from any place outside Sri Lanka in the course of investigation of any offence alleged to have been committed by any person under this Ordinance, | | |
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| 9C.
| | (1) Where any document required for the purpose of this Ordinance is written in a language other than the official language, national language or the English language, the person producing or using such document may be required to produce therewith a correct translation thereof in the official language, national language or the English language. | | |
| | (2) Where any person is required to produce any document for the purposes of this Ordinance, the customs officer may require such person to produce as many copies thereof as the customs officer may deem necessary for the purposes of this Ordinance. | | |
| | (3) Where a customs officer requires any invoice and/or any other document to be produced for any goods which have been imported, exported, entered for export or entered in transit, he may require such invoice and/or document to be submitted in original and may require him to submit as many copies thereof as may be necessary for the purposes of this Ordinance and he may retain such copies.". | | |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts