Words starting with C

Controlled delivery

Defined in Proceeds of Crime Act 2025, s 150

“means the investigative technique of allowing a property suspected to be proceeds of crime to pass out of, pass through, or pass into, Sri Lanka or within one place to another in the territory of Sri Lanka, under the direct or indirect …”

controller

Defined in Personal Data Protection Act 2022, s 56

“means, any natural or legal person, public authority, public corporation, non-governmental organization, agency or any other body or entity which alone or jointly with others determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal …”

Also defined in 1 other Act

Controller of Exchange

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

“means the officer designated as the Head of the Department of Exchange Control of the Central Bank and includes an officer designated as assistant to him”

Also defined in 2 other Acts

Controller of Immigration and Emigration

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

“means the Controller of Immigration and Emigration appointed under section 4 of the Immigrants and Emigrants Act”

convention

Defined in Civil Aviation Act 2010, s 124

“means the Convention on International Civil Aviation which was signed at Chicago on the 7th day of December, 1944, as amended by any subsequent Convention or Agreement and includes any Annex attached to such Convention”

Also defined in 3 other Acts

convention country

Defined in Intellectual Property Act 2003, s 212

“means any country that has acceded to or ratified or that may hereafter accede to or ratify the Paris Convention for the protection of Industrial Property, as well as all members of the World Trade Organisation or States that may here …”

Convention on the Suppression of Terrorist Financing Act

Defined in Proceeds of Crime Act 2025, s 150

“means the Convention on the Suppression of Terrorist Financing Act…”

Conventions

Defined in Geneva Conventions Act 2006, s 14

“mean the First Convention, the Second Convention, the Third Convention and the Fourth Convention, the relevant Articles of which are set out in the Schedule I, Schedule II, Schedule III and Schedule IV to this Act”

coordinated inauthentic behaviour

Defined in Online Safety Act 2024, s 52

“means any coordinated activity carried out using two or more online accounts, in order to mislead the end users in Sri Lanka of any internet intermediary service as to any matter, but excludes any activity carried out using online …”

core capital

Defined in Finance Business Act 2011, s 74

“means the aggregate of the following:- (a) issued and fully paid up ordinary shares or common stock and in the case of partly paid shares or stock the paid up amount: Provided however, any shares issued against reserves, surpluses …”

Corporation

Defined in Petroleum Resources Act 2003, s 34

“means the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation, established by the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation Act…”

Cosmetics

Defined in National Medicines Regulatory Authority Act 2015, s 146

“means any substance or mixture of substances manufactured, sold or represented for use in cleaning, improving or altering the complexion, skin, hair or teeth and includes deodorants, perfumes and cosmeceuticals”

Cosmetics, Devices and Drugs Authority

Defined in National Medicines Regulatory Authority Act 2015, s 146

“means Cosmetics, Devices and Drugs Authority established under the Cosmetics, Devices and Drugs Act…”

costing

Defined in Parliamentary Budget Office Act 2023, s 46

“means an assessment of the cost of a policy proposal referred to in section 4 or a Bill tabled in Parliament, if implemented would change the budget surplus or deficit or would best suit the resources of the country in relation to the …”

Council

Defined in Homoeopathy Act 2016, s 52

“means the Homoeopathic Medical Council constituted under section 2; ”Degree Awarding Institute” has the same meaning as in the Universities Act…”

counterfeit medical device

Defined in National Medicines Regulatory Authority Act 2015, s 146

“means a device which is labeled or packaged fraudulently with regard to identification”

counterfeit medicine

Defined in National Medicines Regulatory Authority Act 2015, s 146

“means a medicine which is labeled or packaged fraudulently with regard to identification and includes any product with proper ingredients with inferior quality or containing different or inactive ingredients”

counterfeit payment device

Defined in Payment Devices Frauds Act 2006, s 32

“means a counterfeit, fictitious, altered or forged payment device, or a payment device where an identifiable component is counterfeit”

country

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

“includes a customs union or customs territory”

Also defined in 1 other Act

country of the original court

Defined in Reciprocal Recognition, Registration and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act 2024, s 23

“means the country in which the original court is situated”

Court

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

“means the High Court established under Article 154P of the Constitution for a Province, empowered with civil jurisdiction by Order published in the Gazette under section 2 of the High Court of the Provinces (Special Provisions) Act…”

Also defined in 5 other Acts

Court of First Instance

Defined in Contempt of a Court, Tribunal or Institution Act 2024, s 16

“means, the High Court of the Republic of Sri Lanka, the High Court for a Province established by Article 154P of the Constitution, the District Court, the Family Court, the Small Claims Court, the Magistrate’s Court or the Primary Court”

COVID - 19

Defined in Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID -19) (Temporary Provisions) Act 2021, s 8

“means the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID - 19) declared as a quarantinable disease by Notification published in the Gazette Extraordinary…”

COVID - 19 circumstance

Defined in Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID -19) (Temporary Provisions) Act 2021, s 8

“includes- (a) COVID - 19; or (b) any other circumstance arising out of or consequential to the circumstances referred to in paragraph (a)”

credit card

Defined in Finance Act 2019, s 10

“means, a payment card which involves a line of credit granted by the issuer to the cardholder where the credit utilized can be settled in full or in part on or before a specified date. The issuer may charge interest or other charges on any …”

credit Information Bureau of Sri Lanka

Defined in Microfinance and Credit Regulatory Authority Act 2026, s 83

“means, the Credit Information Bureau of Sri Lanka established under section 2 of the Credit Information Bureau of Sri Lanka Act…”

Also defined in 1 other Act

credit institution

Defined in Central Bank of Sri Lanka Act 2023, s 91

“means any bank licensed under the Banking Act…”

creditor

Defined in Companies Act 2007, s 247

“includes a person who in a liquidation, would be entitled to claim in accordance with the provisions of section 357, that a debt is owing to that person by the company”

Also defined in 1 other Act

creditor process

Defined in Payment and Settlement Systems Act 2005, s 10

“means any process of execution issued by a Court of competent jurisdiction on behalf of a creditor or other claimant with respect to a security or securities account, such as a levy, attachment, garnishment, notice of lien, sequestration …”

criminal matter

Defined in Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Act 2002, s 24

“means violations of any law, whether of Sri Lanka or of a specified country, and includes violations of the law of Sri Lanka or a specified country relating to taxation, exchange control or customs or securities or money laundering”