9. The following new section is hereby inserted immediately after section 10, and shall have effect as section 10A, of the principal enactment :
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| | (1) In addition to any duties leviable under this Ordinance, the Minister may, with the approval of the Cabinet of Ministers, by Order published in the Gazette, levy a surcharge on the customs duty payable on such imported goods as are specified in such Order, at such rates and for such periods as are specified in such Order, if he deems it expedient in the interest of the national economy to do so. | | |
| | (2) Every Order made by the Minister under subsection (1) shall come into force on the date of such Order. Every such Order shall be published in the Gazette and shall, as soon as may be after its publication in the Gazette be tabled in Parliament, Parliament may by resolution revoke any Order made by the Minister under this section within sixty days of the publication of such Order in the Gazette., and in the computation of such period of sixty days no account shall be taken of any period during which Parliament stands prorogued or dissolved. Where any such Order is revoked any sum paid in pursuance of such order shall be refunded. ". | | |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts