{"id":185125,"date":"2017-12-04T23:14:38","date_gmt":"2017-12-04T17:44:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=185125"},"modified":"2017-12-04T23:40:36","modified_gmt":"2017-12-04T18:10:36","slug":"chandra-jayaratne-invokes-rti-to-obtain-details-of-inward-outward-remittances","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/chandra-jayaratne-invokes-rti-to-obtain-details-of-inward-outward-remittances\/","title":{"rendered":"Chandra Jayaratne Invokes RTI To Obtain Details Of Inward-Outward Remittances"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Exercising rights relevant to the Right to Information Act No 12 of 2016, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Chandra+Jayaratne\">Chandra Jayaratne<\/a> has written to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Central+Bank\">Central Bank<\/a> seeking details of those granted special permission or special exemptions to remit in to Sri Lanka foreign currency, outside of the then prevailing statutory and regulatory provisions and administered or regulated norms and processes of the Central Bank.<\/p>\n<p>Jayaratne has also requested the number of such inward remittance approvals granted between January 2015 and October 2017 in terms of various categories of value, and the total sums actually remitted into Sri Lanka against approvals.<\/p>\n<p>The full text of the request is given below:<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Information Officer Appointed Under Right to Information Act,<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Central Bank of Sri Lanka,<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Central Bank Building,<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Janadhipathi Mawatha,<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Colombo 1.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Dear Sir \/ Madam,<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\"><b><i>Exercising Citizens Rights under Section 3 (1) of the Right to Information Act, No. 12 of 2016<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">I wish to exercise my rights to access information from Central Bank of Sri Lanka, (being a duly created Public Authority and in my status as a citizen of Sri Lanka), in terms of section 3 (1) of the Right to Information Act, No. 12 of 2016, which reads as \u201cSubject to the provisions of section 5 of this Act, every citizen shall have a right of access to information which is in the possession, custody or control of a public authority\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">I wish to obtain the under noted information from the former Exchange Control Department (since restructured) or any other appropriate Department or Unit of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s1\">1. Confirm<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>whether<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>any resident or non-resident Sri Lankan individuals, dual citizens of Sri Lanka and any other country, foreign nationals or foreign registered entities, whether resident or non-resident in Sri Lanka, were granted special permission or special exemptions, post January 2015 and until October 2017, by any Minister or Ministry (with due notice to the Central Bank or the Monetary Board), the Monetary Board of Sri Lanka, the Governor or the Central Bank of Sri Lanka or any Department or Unit of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka, permitting such persons or entities <b>to remit in to Sri Lanka foreign<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>currency, outside of the then prevailing statutory and regulatory provisions and administered or regulated norms and processes of the Central Bank<\/b> (ie. in terms of the Exchange Control Act (Chapter 423) or any other statutory or regulatory provisions administered or regulated by the Central Bank of Sri Lanka)?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s1\">2. If so the number of such inward remittance approvals granted in terms of 1 above ?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s1\">3. The total approved transaction values of the<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>of 1 above, specifying the number of transactions in each of the following ranges of value:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s1\">a) Below USD 10 million or equivalent<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s1\">b) Above USD<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>10 million and up to 100 million USD or equivalent<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s1\">c) Above USD 100 million and up to USD 500 million or equivalent<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s1\">d) Above USD 500 million and up to USD 1000 million or equivalent<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s1\">e) Above USD 1000 million or equivalent<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s1\">4. The total sums actually remitted in to Sri Lanka against approvals referred to in 1 above?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s1\">5. The balance of funds so remitted to Sri Lanka against approvals referred to in 1 above, yet remaining invested in Sri Lanka as at the End of October 2017?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s1\">6. Whether any Suspicious Transaction Reports were received by the Financial<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Intelligence Unit, in connection with the inward or outward remittances of funds received in Sri Lanka in terms of 1 above and the total number and total transaction value of such reports received and the number of reports as at that date, yet<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>pending review, with the total transaction value of such pending reports?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s1\">7. Whether any Suspicious Transaction Reports received by the Financial<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Intelligence Unit, in connection with the inward or outward remittances of funds received in Sri Lanka in terms of 1 above, relates to persons or entities classified as Politically Exposed Persons \/Entities as per FATF Recommendations<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">I await you\u2019re your response in line with the provisions of the Right to Information Act, No. 12 of 2016<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Yours Sincerely,<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Chandra Jayaratne<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s1\">cc. Governor of the Central Bank<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s1\"><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>Deputy\u00a0Minister, National Policies and Economic Affairs.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s1\"><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>Right to Information Commission<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":185127,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,2186,1,2375],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-185125","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-colombotelegraph","category-featured-news","category-news","category-stories"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Chandra Jayaratne Invokes RTI To Obtain Details Of Inward-Outward Remittances - 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