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Long title: An Act for removing all Doubts and Apprehensions concerning Taxation by the Parliament of Great Britain in any of the Colonies, Provinces, and Plantations in North America and the West Indies; and for repealing so much of an Act made in the Seventh Year of the Reign of His late Majesty as imposes a Duty on Tea imported from Great Britain into any Colony or Plantation in America as ...
Sri Lankan state-sponsored colonization schemes is the government program of settling mostly Sinhalese farmers from the densely populated wet zone into the sparsely populated areas of the dry zone. This has taken place since the 1950s near tanks and reservoirs being built in major irrigation and hydro-power programs such as the Mahaweli project .
Taxation in Sri Lanka mainly includes excise duties, value added tax, income tax and tariffs. [1] Tax revenue is a primary constituent of the government's fiscal policy . The Government of Sri Lanka imposes taxes mainly of two types in the forms of direct taxes and indirect taxes.
Board of Investment of Sri Lanka (Amendment) Act 2012: 15 February: 4/2012: 71: Tax Appeals Commission Act 2012: 15 February: 5/2012: 72: Central Colleges Past Pupils' Association of Sri Lanka (Incorporation) Act 2012: 21 February: 6/2012: 73: Rahula College Matara Act 2012: 8 March: 7/2012: 74: Value Added Tax Act 2012: 30 March: 8/2012: 75
The Executive Council of Ceylon and the Legislative Council of Ceylon was established, later becoming the foundation of representative legislature in the country.; Form of the modern central government was established for the first time in the island, followed by the gradual decline of local form of feudalism including 'rājākariya', which was abolished soon after.
LawNet, Government of Sri Lanka. Archived from the original on 2010-07-16. "CEYLON (CONSTITUTION AND INDEPENDENCE) AMENDMENT". LawNet, Government of Sri Lanka. Archived from the original on 2013-01-11. "The Senate Days of Ceylon" (PDF). The Island, Sri Lanka. 22 April 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 March 2012
The current department operates under the provisions of the National Archives Law No. 48 of 1973, and National Archives (Amendment) Act No. 30 of 1981.The duties of archivists in Sri Lanka can be traced back to the ancient Sri Lankan Kingdoms dating as far back as 3rd century BC, when officers were appointed to maintain royal archives of Sri Lankan monarchs.
Weerahennedige Francisco Fernando alias Veera Puran Appu is one of the most colourful personalities in Sri Lanka's history. He was born in November 1812 in the coastal town of Moratuwa . He left Moratuwa at the age of 13 and stayed in Ratnapura with his uncle, who was the first Sinhalese proctor , and moved to the Uva Province .