President ratifies amendment allowing $25 airport charge

President Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom on Monday ratified the Eleventh Amendment Bill to Airport Service Charge Act, allowing the State to collect $25 from each foreign passenger departing from Maldives airports.

The Amendment was passed by the Parliament at the Eighth sitting of its First Session, on 27 April 2014. Following ratification, the bill has been published in the Government Gazette.

The amendment will enter in to force on 1 July 2014.