Annual Report 2008 - Ministry of Finance and Planning

4. Reform Initiatives
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Finance/Revenue/Commercial Law Related Statutes (2008)
National Thoroughfares Act No. 40 of
2008
Pradeshiya Sanwardana Bank Act No.
41 of 2008
Credit Information Bureau
(Amendment) Act No.42 of 2008
Appropriation Act No. 43 of 2008
An Act to provide for the planning, designing, construction, development,
maintenance and administration of an integrated public road network and to
facilitate private sector investment/participation in such development activities,
to make provision to enable Provincial Councils and local authorities to develop
and maintain roads and to promote and facilitate community based organizations
to engage in related development activities, to enable charging a fee on user fee
national highways.
An Act to provide for the establishment of a Pradeshiya Sanwardana Bank with a
stronger financial standing, having amalgamated Regional Development Banks,
to facilitate overall economic development of the country.
An Act to enable the CRIB to expand its services to other credit granting
institutions such as insurance companies, utility service providers and state
agencies, to empower the CRIB to collect information on returned cheques etc, to
facilitate any person to obtain a self inquiry credit report from the CRIB enabling
any incorrect information to be challenged.
An Act on servicing financial year 2008, to authorize the raising of loans in or
outside Sri Lanka for the purpose of such servicing; to make financial provisions
in respect of activities of the government, to enable payments by way of advances
out of the Consolidated Fund or any other fund or monies of or at the disposal
of the government, of monies required during the financial year for expenditure
on such activities, to provide for the refund of such monies to the Consolidated
Fund.
Ministry of Finance and Planning Sri Lanka
Annual Report 2008