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Part VI · General

36. Interpretation

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

In this Act unless the context otherwise requires—

“Branch” means a section of the Academy that is responsible for conducting specialised training pertaining to a particular subject or field;

“Higher Educational Institution” means a University,

Campus, Open University or University College established or deemed to be established under the

Universities Act, No. 16 of 1978;

“law-enforcement officers” mean an officer of any organisation that is statutorily vested with the responsibility of enforcing laws assigned to them;

“Police Department” means the Sri Lanka Police

Department established under the Police Ordinance,

(Chapter II);

“principal executive officer” in relation to—

(i)

a University, means the Vice-Chancellor of that

University;

(ii)

an Open University, means the Vice-Chancellor of that Open University; and

(iii)

a University College, means the Director of that

University College; and

“student officers” mean and include officers from the

Police Department, public officers, officers of other law-enforcement agencies of Sri Lanka and officers from police services and law-enforcement agencies outside Sri Lanka who are admitted to the Academy for training and education.