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| (1) Where the Commissioner is of opinion that any person is about to or likely to leave Ceylon without paying the business turnover tax due from him, the Commissioner may issue a certificate containing particulars of such tax and the name of such person to a Magistrate, who shall on receipt thereof issue a direction to the Inspector-General of Police to take such measures as may be necessary to prevent such person from leaving Ceylon without paying the tax or furnishing security to the satisfaction of the Commissioner for payment thereof |
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| (2) At the time of issue of his certificate to the Magistrate, the Commissioner shall issue to such per son a notification thereof by personal service, registered letter sent through the post or telegraph; but the non- receipt of any such notification by such person shall not invalidate proceedings under this section. |
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| (3) The production of a certificate signed by the Commissioner or a Deputy Commissioner or an Assistant Commissioner stating that the tax has been paid or that security has been furnished, or the payment of the tax to a police officer in charge of a police station, shall be sufficient authority for allowing such person to leave Ceylon. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts