About
Sri Lanka Business Law Skills
Sri Lankan legal information online is scattered, often years out of date, and frequently wrong on the details that matter: rates, thresholds, form numbers and commencement dates. This repository is a citation-disciplined, openly reviewable knowledge base you can load into Claude, ChatGPT or any AI assistant.
Quick start
Clone the repository and read or load the markdown
git clone https://github.com/entwoh/srilanka-business-law-skills.gitThis is not legal advice. It is a research aid; advice and appearance before courts in Sri Lanka are reserved to Attorneys-at-Law.
No coding needed
Set It Up in Claude or ChatGPT
You do not need to know how to code. Download the files once, add them to a project, and your AI assistant answers from them. Menu names can change slightly as the apps update.
Set up in Claude
Works on the free plan for chatting; Projects need a paid plan.
- 1
Click “Get it on GitHub” above, then press the green Code button and choose Download ZIP. Unzip the file on your computer.
- 2
Open claude.ai and sign in. In the left menu choose Projects, then Create project, and name it “Sri Lanka Business Law”.
- 3
Inside the project, find Project knowledge and click Add content, then Upload files. Select the unzipped markdown (.md) files.
- 4
Start a new chat inside that project and ask your question, for example “What are the annual return deadlines for a private company?”
Set up in ChatGPT
Projects and custom GPTs need a paid plan.
- 1
Click “Get it on GitHub” above, then press the green Code button and choose Download ZIP. Unzip the file on your computer.
- 2
Open chatgpt.com and sign in. In the left menu choose Projects, then New project, and name it “Sri Lanka Business Law”.
- 3
Add the unzipped markdown (.md) files to the project using Add files.
- 4
Start a new chat inside that project and ask your question. ChatGPT will use your uploaded files when it answers.
What’s covered
Ten Topics of Sri Lankan Business Law
Company Formation
Entity choice, name approval, eROC incorporation, post-incorporation setup.
Company Secretarial
Annual returns, meetings, resolutions, registers, beneficial ownership.
Shares & Capital
Share issues, transfers, buy-backs, solvency test, shareholder agreements.
Employment Law
Contracts, wages, EPF/ETF/gratuity, termination, Labour Tribunals.
Tax Compliance
Income tax, VAT, SSCL, WHT/AIT, APIT and the filing calendar.
Commercial Contracts
Formation, drafting, stamp duty, execution and remedies.
Foreign Investment
BOI, sectoral restrictions, exchange control, IIA accounts, land.
Intellectual Property
Trade marks, copyright, designs, patents and enforcement.
Data Protection
PDPA obligations, phased commencement, electronic transactions.
Dispute Resolution
Courts and jurisdiction, debt recovery, arbitration.
The verification rule
Proposals Are Not Law. Every Claim Is Labelled.
Each reference file records its primary sources and when it was last verified, so you always know how far to trust it.
Checked against a primary source (statute, gazette, regulator site) on the date shown.
Core position verified; some figures or procedural detail from secondary sources.
Drafted from general knowledge. A starting point only, never presented as settled law.
Contribute
Spot an Error? Help Us Fix It
Corrections are the most valuable contribution. If a rate, threshold or form number is out of date, open an issue or pull request. More skills are coming; follow EN2H on GitHub.
