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| (1) Where any citizen of Ceylon who is in a foreign country and is engaged in any employment in such country applies for the issue or renewal of his passport or emergency certificate to the competent authority in such country, the competent authority may, as a condition precedent to the issue or renewal of such passport or emergency certificate, require the applicant to enter into an agreement with the competent authority for and on. behalf of the Government substantially in such form as may be provided by the competent authority and containing the following terms and conditions: -
| | (a) that such person shall, if he does not already have an account in his name in a commercial bank in Ceylon, open such an account: and | | |
| | (b) that he shall remit in foreign exchange to his account in such bank, such amounts, at such intervals and for such period, as may be determined by the competent authority. | | |
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| (2) In determining the amount to be remitted under sub-section (1) the competent authority shall take into consideration the ability of such person to remit such sum, so however that the amount determined shall in no case exceed ten per centum of the total monthly emoluments that be obtains from such employment. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts