3. Section 17 of the principal enactment is hereby repealed and the following section substituted therefor:"
| 17. All duties of customs as well as all penalties under the Ordinance, shall be paid and received in the several descriptions of money herein enumerated, and at the rates of exchange specified namely, in British gold or silver money, or in such other description of money and at such rate of exchange as may from time to time be determined by the Minister and according to the units of measurements for Sri Lanka; and in all cases, when such duties are imposed and allowed according to any specific quantity or any specific value, the same shall be deemed to apply in the same proportion to any greater or less quantity of value; and the produce of all duties of customs shall be paid by the Collector into the hands of the Deputy Secretary to the Treasury or to the sub- accountants of Sri Lanka in such manner and at such periods as may be specified by the Minister. ". |
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