| (1) The Board may vary, suspend or cancel an export quota allocated to any registered exporter, where it is found that-
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| (a) an export quota has been obtained by misrepresenting facts ; | | |
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| (b) an export quota allocated is far in excess of the installed capacity to produce textiles and textile products ; | | |
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| (c) further quantitative restrictions have been placed by the importing countries or where the scheme formulated for the management, distribution, and allocation of export quotas is amended due to the non-availability of sufficient quotas ; | | |
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| (d) after review of the performance of a factory, that export quotas are unlikely to be utilised by such registered exporter ; | | |
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| (e) the conditions laid down by the Board, when allocating export quotas have not been observed ; | | |
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| (f) a registered exporter has forged or caused to be forged an export licence or a textile visa or a certificate of origin as the case may be which he is required to obtain in order to export any textile or textile product under an export quota allocation ; | | |
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| (g) a registered exporter has without due authority, made any alteration or caused any alteration to be made to an export licence, a textile visa of a certificate of origin as the case may be ; | | |
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| (h) a registered exporter, when applying for an export licence or textile visa or certificate of origin has furnished information which is false or misleading in a material particular or has omitted any material particular ; | | |
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| (i) a registered exporter or any employee or agent of a registered exporter, has made use of any export licence, textile visa a certificate of origin or any other document which is related to or is connected with the export of textile or textile product, which has been forged or altered ; | | |
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| (j) a registered exporter has committed any malpractice ; and | | |
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| (k) a registered exporter has failed or refused to pay the textile quota cess. | | |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts