Forex තහනම් කියන්නේ කව්ද
Communications Department
30, Janadhipathi Mawatha, Colombo 01, Sri Lanka.
Tel : 2477424, 2477423, 2477311
Fax: 2346257, 2477739
E-mail: [email protected], [email protected]
Web: www.cbsl.gov.lk
Press Release
Unauthorized/Illegal Foreign Exchange Trading Activities
It has come to the notice of the Central Bank that advertisements are being made in the print and electronic media and Internet and, unsolicited e-mails are being circulated, by some companies proprietary concerns and individuals exhorting the public to engage in foreign exchange trading with assurances of guaranteed high returns.
Some companies and proprietary concerns have even engaged their employees or agents who would personally contact the members of the public to entice them to undertake forex trading with promises of exorbitant returns. These agents and the advertisements on the Internet and in the print and electronic media often exhort, people to trade in foreign exchange, depositing an initial investment in Sri Lanka rupees with a company, proprietorship concern or individual in Sri Lanka to be transferred later into an online account or, payment through credit, debit or any other electronic funds transfer card direct to an online account opened in the name of the investor.
The Central Bank in the recent past has come across instances where several persons have lost large sums of monies due to the above activities carried on by some unscrupulous individuals and companies.
The Central Bank wishes to inform the general public that undertaking foreign exchange trading transactions and remitting payments outside Sri Lanka for such transactions by any person without the approval of the Central Bank is illegal and violation of the provisions of section 5(1) and 7(a) of the Exchange Control Act. This is considered as a punishable offence under the Exchange Control Act and we request general public not to fall prey to such transactions.
මොනම දෙකට උනත් මහා බැංකුවෙන් අවසර නැතුව පිට රටක අයෝජන වලට සල්ලි යවන එක නිත්‍යානුකුල නැහැ .
පිට රටක කොටස් වෙළදපොලක ආයෝජනය කරන්න උනත් සල්ලි රටින් පිටට යවන්න මහා බැංකුවෙන අවසර ගන්න ඕන .
මේ Press Release එකේ කොහෙවත් කියල නැහැ ලංකාවේ යට කරන එක තහනම් කියල.
අපි online ජොබ් කරලා Moneybookers වලට ගන්න සල්ලි වලින් Forex Trading කරොත් එක illegal වෙන්නේ බැහැ නේද.
මොකද ලංකාවෙන් පිටට සල්ලි යැවීමක් එතැනදී නොවන නිසා මේක නීතිය ගැන දන්නා ය ඉන්නවා නම් පැහැදිලි කරනවද
undertaking foreign exchange trading transactions and remitting payments outside Sri Lanka for such transactions by any person without the approval of the Central Bank is illegal and violation of the provisions of section 5(1) and 7(a) of the Exchange Control Act.
5. (1) Except with the permission of the Bank—
(a) no person other than an authorised dealer, shall
in Sri Lanka buy, borrow or accept any gold or
foreign currency from, or sell or lend any gold
or foreign currency to, or exchange any foreign
currency with, any person other than an
authorised dealer, and
(b) no person resident in Sri Lanka, other than an
authorised dealer, shall, outside Sri Lanka, buy
or borrow any gold or foreign currency from, or
sell or lend any gold or foreign currency to, any
person other than an authorised dealer:
Provided that the preceding provisions of this subsection shall
not prohibit the sale and purchase at any post office in Sri Lanka, in
accordance with such directions as may be given by the bank in
regard thereto, of any foreign currency in the form of postal orders
or money orders.
7(a)
7. Except with the permission of the bank no person shall in
Sri Lanka—
(a) make any payment to or for the credit of a person
resident outside Sri Lanka, or
(b) make any payment to or for the credit of a person
resident in Sri Lanka by order or on behalf of a
person resident outside Sri Lanka, or
(c) place or hold any sum to the credit of any person
resident outside Sri Lanka:
Provided that where a person resident outside Sri Lanka has
paid a sum in or towards the satisfaction of a debt due from him,
paragraph (c) of this section shall not prohibit the acknowledgment
or recording of the payment.
Communications Department
30, Janadhipathi Mawatha, Colombo 01, Sri Lanka.
Tel : 2477424, 2477423, 2477311
Fax: 2346257, 2477739
E-mail: [email protected], [email protected]
Web: www.cbsl.gov.lk
Press Release
Unauthorized/Illegal Foreign Exchange Trading Activities
It has come to the notice of the Central Bank that advertisements are being made in the print and electronic media and Internet and, unsolicited e-mails are being circulated, by some companies proprietary concerns and individuals exhorting the public to engage in foreign exchange trading with assurances of guaranteed high returns.
Some companies and proprietary concerns have even engaged their employees or agents who would personally contact the members of the public to entice them to undertake forex trading with promises of exorbitant returns. These agents and the advertisements on the Internet and in the print and electronic media often exhort, people to trade in foreign exchange, depositing an initial investment in Sri Lanka rupees with a company, proprietorship concern or individual in Sri Lanka to be transferred later into an online account or, payment through credit, debit or any other electronic funds transfer card direct to an online account opened in the name of the investor.
The Central Bank in the recent past has come across instances where several persons have lost large sums of monies due to the above activities carried on by some unscrupulous individuals and companies.
The Central Bank wishes to inform the general public that undertaking foreign exchange trading transactions and remitting payments outside Sri Lanka for such transactions by any person without the approval of the Central Bank is illegal and violation of the provisions of section 5(1) and 7(a) of the Exchange Control Act. This is considered as a punishable offence under the Exchange Control Act and we request general public not to fall prey to such transactions.
මොනම දෙකට උනත් මහා බැංකුවෙන් අවසර නැතුව පිට රටක අයෝජන වලට සල්ලි යවන එක නිත්‍යානුකුල නැහැ .
පිට රටක කොටස් වෙළදපොලක ආයෝජනය කරන්න උනත් සල්ලි රටින් පිටට යවන්න මහා බැංකුවෙන අවසර ගන්න ඕන .
මේ Press Release එකේ කොහෙවත් කියල නැහැ ලංකාවේ යට කරන එක තහනම් කියල.
අපි online ජොබ් කරලා Moneybookers වලට ගන්න සල්ලි වලින් Forex Trading කරොත් එක illegal වෙන්නේ බැහැ නේද.
මොකද ලංකාවෙන් පිටට සල්ලි යැවීමක් එතැනදී නොවන නිසා මේක නීතිය ගැන දන්නා ය ඉන්නවා නම් පැහැදිලි කරනවද
undertaking foreign exchange trading transactions and remitting payments outside Sri Lanka for such transactions by any person without the approval of the Central Bank is illegal and violation of the provisions of section 5(1) and 7(a) of the Exchange Control Act.
5. (1) Except with the permission of the Bank—
(a) no person other than an authorised dealer, shall
in Sri Lanka buy, borrow or accept any gold or
foreign currency from, or sell or lend any gold
or foreign currency to, or exchange any foreign
currency with, any person other than an
authorised dealer, and
(b) no person resident in Sri Lanka, other than an
authorised dealer, shall, outside Sri Lanka, buy
or borrow any gold or foreign currency from, or
sell or lend any gold or foreign currency to, any
person other than an authorised dealer:
Provided that the preceding provisions of this subsection shall
not prohibit the sale and purchase at any post office in Sri Lanka, in
accordance with such directions as may be given by the bank in
regard thereto, of any foreign currency in the form of postal orders
or money orders.
7(a)
7. Except with the permission of the bank no person shall in
Sri Lanka—
(a) make any payment to or for the credit of a person
resident outside Sri Lanka, or
(b) make any payment to or for the credit of a person
resident in Sri Lanka by order or on behalf of a
person resident outside Sri Lanka, or
(c) place or hold any sum to the credit of any person
resident outside Sri Lanka:
Provided that where a person resident outside Sri Lanka has
paid a sum in or towards the satisfaction of a debt due from him,
paragraph (c) of this section shall not prohibit the acknowledgment
or recording of the payment.
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