Words starting with I

internet intermediary

Defined in Online Safety Act 2024, s 52

“means a person who provides any internet intermediary service”

internet intermediary service

Defined in Online Safety Act 2024, s 52

“means- (a) a service that allows end users to access materials originating from third parties on or through the internet; (b) a service of transmitting such materials to end users on or through the internet; (c) a service of displaying, to …”

internet service provider

Defined in Online Safety Act 2024, s 52

“means an entity offering the transmission, routing, or providing of connections for digital online communications, between or among points specified by a user, of material of the user’s choosing, without modification to the content of the …”

invention

Defined in Intellectual Property Act 2003, s 62

“means an idea of an inventor which permits in practice the solution to a specific problem in the field of technology.”

inventory

Defined in Secured Transactions Act 2024, s 75

“means goods that are- (a) held by a person for sale or lease or that have been leased by that person as a lessor; (b) to be furnished or that have been furnished under a contract or service; (c) raw materials or work in progress; or (d) …”

investigated product

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

“means a product subject to an anti-dumping investigation or subsidized imports, as described in the notice of initiation of the investigation”

Also defined in 1 other Act

investigation

Defined in Inland Revenue (Special Provisions) Act 2003, s 13

“shall include inquiry, questioning, search or any other similar action under the laws referred to in the Schedule”

investigational medicinal product

Defined in National Medicines Regulatory Authority Act 2015, s 146

“means a product which is under investigation by a clinical trial or equivalent studies which may include a medicine, medical device or a borderline product”

investment

Defined in Economic Transformation Act 2024, s 59

“means every kind of asset that an investor owns or controls, directly or indirectly, that has the characteristics of an investment, which includes the commitment of capital or other resources for a certain duration, the expectation of gain …”

Also defined in 1 other Act

Investment Zones

Defined in Economic Transformation Act 2024, s 59

“shall mean export processing zones, industrial parks, special economic zones and other similar areas for the establishment of investments, whether declared under this Part or any other law referred to in this enactment and shall include …”

investor

Defined in Economic Transformation Act 2024, s 59

“means a natural person or an enterprise recognized as a legal entity by the applicable laws, that has made an investment in Sri Lanka in terms of this Part”

involved party

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

“means – (a) a person who has taken part in the formation, promotion or management of the company; (b) a past or present shareholder of the company; (c) a past or present director or other officer of the company; (d) a past or present …”

irrigation work

Defined in Agrarian Development Act 2000, s 101

“includes – (a) any tank, bund, anicut, ela, channel, distributary field channel, or watercourse comprised in or incidental or ancillary to the irrigation work; (b) any structure, road, bridge, sluice-gate or other engineering work …”

issuer

Defined in Finance Act 2019, s 10

“means, an entity that issues a payment card and thereby enters into a contractual relationship with the cardholder”

Also defined in 2 other Acts