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
  • Members of Parliament
  • Provincial councilors
• 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
  • Officers of the ranks and above lieutenant colonel, wing commander and commander.

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