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| (2) A receiver shall pay out of the assets under his control, the tax charged or chargeable for one complete year of assessment prior to the date of the insolvency, bankruptcy, or liquidation to be selected by the Commissioner-General as a first charge on such assets, and any other tax charged or chargeable for periods prior to such date shall be an unsecured debt: |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts