19. The Tea (Tax and Control of Export) Act. No. 16 of 1959, is hereby amended as follows: -
| (1) by the repeal of section 9 of that Act and the substitution therefor of the following new section:-
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| | | (1) Any person aggrieved by any decision, declaration or determination of the Commissioner under this Act may, within fourteen days after the communication of such decision or determination to such person or, in the case of a declaration, within fourteen days after the declaration is published in the Gazette, appeal in writing from such decision, declaration or determination to the Sri Lanka Tea Board. |
| (2) The Sri Lanka Tea Board shall, before deciding any appeal made under subsection (1), give the person making the appeal the opportunity of placing his case before such Board either in person or by his representative. |
| (3) The decision of the Sri Lanka Tea Board on any appeal made under this section shall be final and shall not be called in question in any court."; |
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| (2) by the repeal of section 13 of that Act;
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| (3) in section 15 of that Act, by the repeal of sub-section (1) of that section and the substitution therefor of the following new subsection : -
| | " (1) The Sri Lanka Tea Board may make regulations in respect of the following matters: -
| | | (a) all matters which are required by this Act to be prescribed; |
| (b) the payment of allowances to persons employed in carrying out the provisions of this Act; |
| (c) the procedure to be observed in the hearing of appeals made under section 9; and |
| (d) all matters necessary for carrying out the provisions of this Act."; |
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| (4) by the repeal of section 19 of that Act, and the substitution therefor of the following new section:
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| 19. The Commissioner may compound any offence under this Act by accepting from the offender such sum as the Commissioner may deem adequate. All sums received by the Commissioner under this section shall be credited to the Capital Fund."; |
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| (5) in section 22-
| | (a) by the insertion, immediately after the definition of the term " approved estate " of the following new definition: - | | |
| | (b) by the substitution, for the definition of the term " Commissioner ", of the following new definition: - | | |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts