Duty-free permit (or Duty-free vehicle permit or Motor Vehicle Permit on Concessionary Terms) is a permit issued by the Treasury of the Government of Sri Lanka that allows its holder to import a vehicle into Sri Lanka on duties concessions or exempt from certain taxes.[1][2] The practice had been started by government of Prime Minister Sirimavo Bandaranaike.[3]
Currently entitled
Following category of individuals are entitled to duty-free permits;
- Legislators
- Public officers (who have served a minimum term defined)
- Senior grade officers of the public service, parliament or appointed by cabinet minister.
- Officers of holding the posts of medical officer, engineer, accountant, architect and lawyer.
- Senior executives of state corporations or statutory institutions.
- Senior academics and executives of state universities.
- Executive grade officers in the Central Bank of Sri Lanka.
- Executive grade officers defined by the Department of Management Services;
- Senior executives
- Charted Engineers, Charted Accountants and Charted Architects
- Chancellors of the Universities
- Registered Medical Officers
- Project Directors, Charted Engineers, Charted Accountants, Charted Architects and lawyers of a development project
- Chairmen and members of a commission established as per the provisions of the constitution
- Military officers