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11. Interpretation

Official English translation. The Sinhala text prevails. Open the official Sinhala text, official PDF on documents.gov.lk

For purposes of this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—

“Banking Act” means the Banking Act, No. 30 of 1988 as amended from time to time;

“Business” includes the business carried on by the

DFCC Bank as a licensed specialized bank, as at the specified date;

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“Company” means the company referred to in the paragraph (b) of subsection (2) of section 3;

“Controller of Exchange” means the head of the

Department of Exchange Control of the

Central Bank, established by the Monetary

Board under the Exchange Control Act

(Chapter 423);

“DFCC Bank” means the DFCC Bank established by the DFCC Bank Act as amended from time to time (Chapter 165);

“Director of Bank Supervision” means the head of the Department of the Bank Supervision of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka established by the Monetary Law Act (Chapter 422);

“Monetary Board” means the Monetary Board of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka established under the Monetary Law Act (Chapter 422);

“Provincial Council” means a Provincial Council established by Chapter XVIIA of the

Constitution;

“Securities and Exchange Commission” means the Securities and Exchange Commission of Sri Lanka established by the Securities and Exchange Commission of Sri Lanka

Act, No. 36 of 1987;

“Urban Development Authority” means the Urban

Development Authority established by the

Urban Development Authority Law, No. 41

of 1978.

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