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| (1) A statute, in relation to any subject with respect to which the Provincial Council has power to make statutes, shall not be introduced into, or moved in, a Provincial Council except on the recommendation of the Governor if such statute makes provision for any of the following matters, namely:-
| | (a) the imposition, abolition, remission, alteration or regulation of ,any tax; | | |
| | (b) the amendment of the law with respect to any, financial obligations undertaken, or to be undertaken, in respect of the administration of the Province; | | |
| | (c) the appropriation of moneys out of the Provincial Fund of the Province; | | |
| | (d) the declaring of any expenditure to be expenditure, charged on the Provincial Fund of the Province or the increasing of the amount of any such expenditure ; | | |
| | (e) the receipt of money on account of the Provincial Fund of the Province or the custody or issue of such money. | | |
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| (2) A statute shall not be deemed to make provision for .any of the matters aforesaid by reason only that it provides for the imposition or fines or other pecuniary penalties, or for the demand or payment of fees for licences or fees for services rendered, or by reason that it provides for the imposition, abolition, remission, alteration or regulation of any tax by any local authority or body, to local purposes. |
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| (3) A statute which, if enacted and brought into operation would involve expenditure from the Provincial Fund of a Province shall not be passed by the Provincial Council of the Province, unless the Governor has' recommended to that Council the consideration of the statute. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts