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Act 2005

Payment and Settlement Systems Act, No. 28 of 2005

Issued by Central Bank of Sri Lanka

Plain-English summary

Certified on 20 September 2005. Covers payment, clearing and settlement systems, money service providers and electronic presentment of cheques. The Central Bank may designate systems (ss. 13, 19), issue binding directives (ss. 12, 15, 21) and regulate money service providers (ss. 11, 17); settlement finality and netting are protected (ss. 23-24, 28) and electronic cheque presentment is provided for (ss. 33-36).

Who it applies to

Banking · Payments & Fintech

Topics

Payments & Fintech / Digital Assets

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