(UTV|COLOMBO) – The Minister of Finance and Mass Media Mangala Samaraweera, under the Excise Ordinance on Thursday (11) issued a Special Gazette Notification which revises the business hours of the liquor licensed establishments in the country.
The revised time schedule, which will come into effect from yesterday, has been listed in the schedule below.
Earlier, the Ministry revoked the prohibition on selling liquor to women and employing women in places where liquor is manufactured or sold.
Minister Samaraweera signed the Excise Notification Gazette Extraordinary in this regard under the Excise Ordinance.
Excise Notification No 666 of the Gazette Extraordinary had imposed bar on selling liquor to women and employing women in the liquor related fields.
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