Words starting with B

bank

Defined in Dedigama Sri Maithri Pragnartha Bouddha Educational Daham Sabhawa (Incorporation) Act 2024, s 18

“means a licensed commercial bank under the provisions of Banking Act…”

Also defined in 14 other Acts

bank account

Defined in Finance Act 2021, s 19

“means any bank account opened and maintained by a declarant in a bank licensed under the Banking Act…”

Also defined in 1 other Act

bank of any watercourse

Defined in Agrarian Development Act 2000, s 101

“means any river, rivulet, oya, creek, canal, natural water course or canal constructed for the constant or intermittent flow of water or a stream or water way or outlet of a water way or channel leading therefrom to a reservoir or any …”

Bank of Ceylon

Defined in Regional Development Banks Act 1997, s 52

“means the Bank of Ceylon established by the Bank of Ceylon Ordinance”

Bank of Ceylon Ordinance

Defined in Banking (Special Provisions) Act 2023, s 93

“means the Bank of Ceylon Ordinance”

Banking Act

Defined in Banking (Special Provisions) Act 2023, s 93

“means the Banking Act…”

Also defined in 5 other Acts

banking institution

Defined in Central Bank of Sri Lanka Act 2023, s 124

“means– (a) any commercial bank; (b) any agency or institution acting on behalf of the Government (whether established by any written law or otherwise) which makes loans, advances or investments or accepts deposits of money from the public …”

Also defined in 1 other Act

bankrupt debtor

Defined in Rescue, Rehabilitation and Insolvency (Corporate and Personal) Act 2026, s 2

“means the debtor in respect of whom a Bankruptcy Order has been made”

Bankruptcy Trustee

Defined in Rescue, Rehabilitation and Insolvency (Corporate and Personal) Act 2026, s 2

“means a person appointed as a Bankruptcy Trustee under section 98”

barge

Defined in Marine Pollution Prevention Act 1981, s 37

“means a barge which has no means of self propulsion in the Way of sails or engine power and which has to be towed or is allowed to drift under the influence of the tide or current and includes a lighter or any similar vessel; Marine …”

basic qualifications

Defined in General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University (Special Provisions) Act 2018, s 4

“mean, minimum of ‘S’ grade (simple) pass in Chemistry, Physics and Biology at the G.C.E. (Advanced Level) Examination conducted by the Examinations Department of the Ministry of Education of Sri Lanka or an equivalent foreign qualification …”

beedi

Defined in Tobacco Tax Act 1999, s 24

“means tobacco specially grown for the manufacture of beedi whether cut, crushed, broken or powdered - (i) rolled in a leaf of the tropical tree botanically known as Diospyros Melanoxylon or Diospyros Ebinum of the family of Ebenaneae or …”

benefit

Defined in Proceeds of Crime Act 2025, s 150

“means an advantage, gain, service, profit, or payment of any kind, and the benefits that a person derives or obtains or that accrue to him including those that another person derives, obtains or that otherwise accrue to such other person …”

betting operator

Defined in Prevention of Offences relating to Sports Act 2019, s 40

“means any company or undertaking that promotes, brokers, arranges or conducts any form of betting activity in relation to any sport or sporting event and includes any director, partner, officer, employee, servant and agent of such company …”

Bhikkhu

Defined in Galaha Bhaddrawathie National Bhikkhu Care Centre Trust Act 2023, s 24

“shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in the Buddhist Temporalities Ordinance”

bioequivalence

Defined in National Medicines Regulatory Authority Act 2015, s 146

“means two pharmaceutically equivalent or pharmaceutical alternative products having their bio availabilities after administration in the same molar dose are similar to such a degree that their effects, with respect to both efficacy and …”

biomass energy

Defined in Sri Lanka Sustainable Energy Authority Act 2007, s 70

“means the energy that can be derived out of converting the form of material that is generated out of a biological process, by processes such as combustion, fermentation and digestion”

biometric data

Defined in Personal Data Protection Act 2022, s 56

“means, personal data resulting from specific technical processing relating to the physical, physiological or behavioral characteristics of a natural person, which allow or confirm the unique identification of that natural person, including …”

biowaiver

Defined in National Medicines Regulatory Authority Act 2015, s 146

“means a regulatory approval process when the application (dossier) is approved on the basis of evidence of equivalence other than an in vivo bioequivalence test. For solid oral dosage forms, the evidence of equivalence is determined on the …”

Births and Deaths Registration Act

Defined in Registration of Deaths (Temporary Provisions) Act 2010, s 17

“means the Births and Deaths Registration Act”

Board

Defined in Finance Business Act 2011, s 74

“means the Monetary Board of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka established under the Monetary Law Act,”

Also defined in 1 other Act

Board of Investment

Defined in Colombo Port City Economic Commission Act 2021, s 75

“means the Board of Investment of Sri Lanka established under the Board of Investment of Sri Lanka Law…”

Also defined in 2 other Acts

Board of Investment Law

Defined in Colombo Port City Economic Commission Act 2021, s 75

“means the Board of Investment of Sri Lanka Law…”

Board of Investment of Sri Lanka

Defined in Tax and Foreign Exchange Amnesty Act 1998, s 10

“means the Board of Investment of Sri Lanka established by the Board of Investment of Sri Lanka Law…”

Board of Investment of Sri Lanka Law

Defined in Energy Supply (Temporary Provisions) Act 2002, s 31

“means the Board of Investment of Sri Lanka Law…”

Board of Management

Defined in Prevention of Offences relating to Sports Act 2019, s 40

“means the body which is in charge of the management and administration of the affairs of any National Association of Sports”

body

Defined in Inland Revenue Act 2017, s 195

“means a company, partnership, trust or other body of persons whether formed in Sri Lanka or elsewhere”

body of persons

Defined in Inland Revenue Act 2006, s 217

“includes any local or public authority, any body corporate or collegiate, any fraternity, fellowship, association or society of persons, whether corporate or unincorporate, and any Hindu undivided family, but does not include a company or …”

Also defined in 2 other Acts

BOI

Defined in Economic Transformation Act 2024, s 194

“means the Board of Investment of Sri Lanka established by the repealed Law”

BOI enterprise

Defined in Finance Act 2004, s 12

“means any enterprise with which an agreement has been entered into by the Board of Investment of Sri Lanka under the Board of Investment of Sri Lanka Law…”