Words starting with D

Director

Defined in Finance Business Act 2011, s 74

“means the head of the department of the Central Bank to which the subject of finance companies has been assigned and includes an acting director”

Also defined in 4 other Acts

Director General

Defined in Civil Aviation Act 2010, s 124

“means the Director General of Civil Aviation appointed under section 11 of the Civil Aviation Authority of Sri Lanka Act…”

Director General of Customs

Defined in Finance Act 2018, s 30

“means the Director General of Customs appointed under section 2 of the Customs Ordinance.”

Also defined in 1 other Act

Director General of Excise

Defined in Tobacco Tax Act 1999, s 24

“means the Director General of Excise appointed under the Excise (Special Provisions) Act…”

Director of Bank Supervision

Defined in DFCC Bank (Repeal and Consequential Provisions) Act 2014, s 11

“means the head of the Department of the Bank Supervision of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka established by the Monetary Law Act”

Director of Sports

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

“means the Director of Sports appointed under section 3 of the Sports Law…”

Director-General

Defined in Anti-Dumping and Countervailing Duties Act 2018, s 85

“means the Director-General of Commerce”

Director-General of Customs

Defined in Finance Act 2018, s 23

“means the Director-General of Customs appointed under section 2 of the Customs Ordinance”

Also defined in 2 other Acts

Director-General of Health Services

Defined in Prevention of Mosquito Breeding Act 2007, s 25

“means the Director of Health Services appointed under section 3 of the Health Services Act”

Director-General Petroleum Resources (DPR)

Defined in Petroleum Resources Act 2003, s 34

“means the head of the Secretariat to be established to carry out the functions assigned to it by the Cabinet of Ministers as the agent of the Government”

Disabled child

Defined in UNESCO Scholarship Fund Act 1999, s 17

“means a child of school going age who is physically or mentally handicapped”

disabled offspring

Defined in Maintenence Act 1999, s 22

“means any marital or non-marital or asopted offspring of whatever age, who is or becomes physically or mentally disabled so as to render such offspring incapable of earning a livelihood or of adequately supporting himself or herself”

disadvantaged group of consumers

Defined in Sri Lanka Electricity Act 2009, s 61

“means consumers belonging to any group of consumers whose individual house hold income is less than such amount as may be prescribed by regulation”

disadvantaged person

Defined in Prescription (Special Provisions) Act 2016, s 6

“means a person who was unable to pursue his rights in a court in which he was by law enabled to pursue such rights, as a result of the circumstances which prevailed due to the activities of any militant terrorist group during the period …”

disaster

Defined in Sri Lanka Disaster Management Act 2005, s 25

“means the actual or imminent ocurrence of a natural or man-made event, which endangers or threatens to endanger the safety or health of any person or group of persons in Sri Lanka, or which destroys or damages or threatens to destroy or …”

disaster counter-measures

Defined in Sri Lanka Disaster Management Act 2005, s 25

“means measures that are necessary or desirable to avert, minimize or counter the effect of an impending disaster or consequent to a disaster, to mitigate the effect of such disaster on members of the public or any property belonging to an …”

Disaster Management Centre

Defined in New Villages Development Authority for Plantation Region Act 2018, s 37

“means, the Disaster Management Centre established under the Sri Lanka Disaster Management Act…”

dispatch

Defined in Sri Lanka Electricity Act 2024, s 52

“means. the informing the power plant operators of the power output to be produced by each power plant by the National System Operator”

dispensary

Defined in Homoeopathy Act 2016, s 52

“means any premises (howsoever described) used or intended to be used for the outdoor treatment of persons suffering from illnesses”

Displaced child

Defined in UNESCO Scholarship Fund Act 1999, s 17

“means a child of school going age who is abandoned by his or her parents or, whose parents have no means to educate him or her, or whose parents are dead, or whose surviving parent has no means to educate him or her.”

disposal

Defined in Public Financial Management Act 2024, s 70

“means the sale, transfer, license, lease or other disposition including any sale and leaseback transaction of any property by any person, including any sale, assignment, transfer or other disposal, with or without recourse, of any notes or …”

disposition

Defined in Payment and Settlement Systems Act 2005, s 10

“means any absolute transfer of title to a security between a transferor and transferee”

distribution licensee

Defined in Sri Lanka Electricity Act 2009, s 61

“means a person who has been granted a distribution licence”

distribution tariff

Defined in Sri Lanka Electricity Act 2024, s 52

“means, the tariff set by the Regulator for recovering the reasonable cost of maintaining and operating the distribution network including the consumer services under subsection (6) of section 29”

distribution voltage

Defined in Sri Lanka Electricity Act 2024, s 52

“means, any voltage not exceeding 33 kilovolt or such voltage as determined by the Regulator”

District Registrar

Defined in Registration of Deaths (Temporary Provisions) Act 2005, s 16

“means a District Registrar of Births and Deaths appointed under the Births and Deaths Registration Act”

Also defined in 2 other Acts

District Secretariat

Defined in Public Financial Management Act 2024, s 70

“means an entity entrusted with the administrative and development function of the district”

dividend

Defined in Inland Revenue Act 2006, s 217

“includes– (a) any distribution of profit by a company to its share holders, in the form of– (i) money or of an order to pay money; (ii) shares in any other company; or (iii) debentures in that company or in any other company; and (b) the …”

divineguma beneficiary

Defined in Divineguma Act 2013, s 47

“means any person who obtains any kind of benefit or assistance under any programme, project or activity carried out by any divineguma community based organization or divineguma regional organization”

document

Defined in Financial Transactions Reporting Act 2006, s 33

“means any record of information, and includes — (a) anything on which there is writing; (b) anything on which there are marks, figures, symbols, or perforations having meaning for persons qualified to interpret them; (c) anything from …”

Also defined in 3 other Acts