Municipal Councils And Urban Councils (Amendment) Act (No. 42 of 1979)

Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts

Amendment of section 255 of the principal enactment

6. Section 255 of the principal enactment is hereby amended by the substitution for paragraph (a) thereof, of the following paragraph :

" (a) for costs on the issue of a warrant, a charge of

	(i) ten per centum on the amount of tax or rent due ;

	(ii) fifteen per centum on the amount of rate due on bare lands and residential premises; and

	(iii) twenty per centum on the amount of rate due on properties other than bare lands and residential premises;".