Words starting with E

encryption

Defined in Personal Data Protection Act 2022, s 56

“means, the act of ciphering or altering data using mathematical algorithm to make such data unintelligible to unauthorized users”

encumbrance

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

“means security of every kind”

energy conservation

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

“means the foregoing of certain non-essential services delivered to a user, by either complete stoppage of the service or the curtailed delivery of the service”

energy efficiency improvement

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

“means the adoption of efforts to decrease the actual energy consumption required to deliver a particular service, without affecting the quality of the service so rendered”

Energy Supply Committee

Defined in Petroleum Products (Special Provisions) Act 2002, s 9

“means the Energy Supply Committee established in terms of the provisions of section 2 of the Energy Supply (Special Provisions) Act…”

enforce

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

“includes – (a) giving notice converting a floating charge into a fixed charge; (b) entering into possession or custody or assuming control of property of the company or individual by way of enforcement of the encumbrance; (c) appointing a …”

enforcement order

Defined in Sri Lanka Electricity Act 2009, s 61

“means an enforcement order made by the Commission under section 34”

Also defined in 1 other Act

Engineering Practitioner

Defined in Engineering Council, Sri Lanka Act 2017, s 41

“means – (a) a Chartered Engineer; (b) an Associate Engineer; (c) an Affiliate Engineer; (d) an Incorporated Engineer; (e) an Engineering Diplomate; or (f) an Engineering Technician, who possesses corresponding qualifications specified in …”

enterprise

Defined in Economic Transformation Act 2024, s 194

“means any sole proprietorship, partnership, company or cooperative society wherever registered or incorporated under any law for the time being in force relating to companies, corporative societies or business and engage in or proposing to …”

Also defined in 2 other Acts

entertainment

Defined in Inland Revenue Act 2017, s 195

“means the provision to any person of food, beverages, tobacco, accommodation, amusement, recreation or hospitality of any kind”

entity

Defined in Inland Revenue Act 2017, s 195

“means a company, partnership or trust, but excludes an individual”

environmental impact assessment report

Defined in Udarata Development Authority of Sri Lanka Act 2005, s 41

“shall have the same meaning as is assigned to it by the National Environmental Act…”

equipment

Defined in Finance Leasing Act 2000, s 43

“means any tangible asset which has an economically useful life of more than one year and does not include land, any improvements made to land other than fixtures or immovable property attached to land which can be removed from the land …”

Also defined in 1 other Act

essential goods or services

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

“means – (a) electricity; (b) relevant information technology; (c) telecommunications services; and (d) water”

Estates

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

“means, the areas of land where tea, rubber, coconut or oil palm are cultivated in more than 20 acres with more than 10 resident labourers”

Evidence Ordinance

Defined in Proceeds of Crime Act 2025, s 150

“means the Evidence Ordinance”

exchange

Defined in Securities and Exchange Commission of Sri Lanka Act 2021, s 188

“means a stock exchange or derivatives exchange licensed under this Act”

Exchange Control Act

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

“means the Exchange Control Act”

Excise Duty

Defined in Tobacco Tax Act 1999, s 24

“means Excise Duty charged and levied under the Excise Duty (Special Provisions) Act…”

exclusive economic zone

Defined in Petroleum Resources Act 2003, s 34

“means zone declared by Proclamation made under section 5 of the Maritime Zones Law, No of 1976”

Also defined in 1 other Act

executive officer

Defined in Inland Revenue Act 2006, s 217

“means a director of a company or corporation, or an employee in any trade, business, profession or vocation whose monthly emoluments (including all allowances) are not less than twenty thousand rupees”

executor

Defined in Inland Revenue Act 2006, s 217

“means an executor or administrator of a deceased person, and includes– (a) any person who takes possession of or intermeddles with the property of a deceased person; (b) any person who has applied or is entitled to apply to a District …”

exemption

Defined in Sri Lanka Electricity Act 2009, s 61

“means an exemption granted under section 10”

exhibit

Defined in National Medicines Regulatory Authority Act 2015, s 146

“refers to a public display of medicines, medical devices or borderline products at a conference, exhibition or trade fair”

existing law

Defined in Constitution of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, art 170

“mean any law and written law, respectively, in force im-mediately before the commencement of the Constitution which under the Constitution continue in force”

existing written law

Defined in Constitution of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, art 170

“mean any law and written law, respectively, in force im-mediately before the commencement of the Constitution which under the Constitution continue in force”

expenditure

Defined in Inland Revenue Act 2017, s 195

“means a payment made that reduces the assets of the person making the payment”

expense

Defined in Inland Revenue Act 2017, s 195

“means a payment made that reduces the assets of the person making the payment”

expert

Defined in Sri Lanka National Commission for the UNESCO Act 2024, s 36

“means a professional with specialised competence in any one of the areas of the UNESCO programmes”

exploration block

Defined in Petroleum Resources Act 2003, s 34

“means an exploration block set out in the relevant Petroleum Resources Agreement”