அதிகாரப்பூர்வ மொழிபெயர்ப்புDepartment of Government Printing-இலிருந்து, மாற்றமின்றி
In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires -
“effective authority and control” means the power to issue orders to subordinates and the capacity to ensure compliance with such orders;
“deprivation of liberty” means the confinement of a person to a particular place, where such person does not consent to that confinement;
“Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka”
means the Human Rights Commission of
Sri Lanka, established by the Human Rights
Commission of Sri Lanka Act, No. 21 of 1996;
“law enforcement authority” means a police officer or any other person or institution authorized by or under any written law to investigate into the commission of an offence;
“secret detention” means circumstances in which a person is held in a place that is not a place of detention authorized by or under any written law, and where the whereabouts or fate of the person are not known to his relatives or others;
“victim” means the disappeared person and any individual who has suffered harm as the direct result of an enforced disappearance.