Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts Sri Lanka Consolidated ActsPersons assessable on behalf of a non-resident person
| 56. A non-resident person shall be assessable either directly or in the name of his agent in respect of all his profits and income arising in or derived from Ceylon, whether such agent has the receipt of the income or not, and the income tax so assessed whether directly or in the name of the agent shall be recoverable by all means provided in this Act out of the assets of the non-resident person or from the agent. Where there are more agents than one they may be assessed jointly or severally in respect of the income of the non-resident person and shall be jointly and severally liable for income tax thereon. |