Draft bill of new Customs Act in January - Ravi

Draft bill of new Customs Act in January - Ravi

September 29, 2016   05:48 pm

Finance Minister Ravi Karunanayake today said that the draft bill of the new Customs Act will be presented to Parliament in January with the consent of all the parties concerned. 

Until now this was shown in media like we are going to bring this in secret and without telling anyone, he told reporters in Colombo, responding to a question. 

He also said that the 2017 Budget proposal will be prepared after obtaining the ideas of everyone and with mutual agreement. 

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