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| (1) The net annual value of land and improvements thereon or of any place of residence shall be determined on the basis of the rent which a tenant might reasonably be expected, taking one year with another, to pay for such land and improvements or for such place of residence (the tenant paying rates and the owner bearing the cost of repairs), subject to a deduction of twenty-five per centum on account of repairs and other expenses. |
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| (2) Where the annual value of any land and improvements thereon or of any place of residence has been assessed for rating purposes by a local authority, such annual value, less a deduction of twenty-five per centum on account of repairs and other expenses, shall be the net annual value, unless in the opinion of the Commissioner- General the assessment made by the local authority does not accurately represent the annual value of such land and improvements or place of residence in the year for which the net annual value is being determined. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts