Besides in instances the place particular permission has been granted by the Central Financial institution of Sri Lanka, authorities strongly emphasize that each one transactions performed between residents of this nation should mandatorily be carried out solely in Sri Lankan Rupees. This official clarification has been issued by the Central Financial institution following current studies that sure people within the nation are utilizing overseas forex for his or her home transactions.
It has additionally been additional identified that, together with funds made by means of digital playing cards, the Central Financial institution has not but granted any permission for changing Rupees into overseas forex and crediting home funds to overseas accounts.
Participating in such unlawful monetary actions is an offense that entails severe authorized penalties below the authorized frameworks of the Central Financial institution of Sri Lanka Act No. 16 of 2023 and the Overseas Trade Act No. 12 of 2017. Following related authorized motion, people discovered responsible of those offenses could also be topic to a wonderful not exceeding 25 million Rupees or rigorous or easy imprisonment for a time period as much as three years, and in some cases, the courtroom might impose each penalties.
