Words starting with P

plant

Defined in Plant Protection Act 1999, s 15

“means all members of the plant Kingdom, whether living or dead, or any part or parts thereof and includes seeds”

plant product

Defined in Plant Protection Act 1999, s 15

“means all unprocessed material of plant origin including grain and include those processed products of plant origin that by their nature or by reason of their processing, may create a risk for the spread of pests”

plantation community

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

“means, the legal residents comprising workers and non - workers living in the Estates”

plantation companies

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

“means, the plantation companies incorporated by a certificate of incorporation issued under section 15(1) of the Companies Act…”

Plantation Region

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

“means, the areas coming under the Divisional Secretary’s Divisions in the Districts of the Central, Uva, Sabaragamuwa, Southern, Western, North Central and North Western Provinces, where the resident labourers live in the Estates in which …”

player

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

“means any person who participates in any sport or sporting event at school, club, provincial, national or international level”

pledgor

Defined in Secured Transactions Act 2024, s 75

“means a person who delivers goods in pledge or for pawn to a pawnbroker”

point of sales network

Defined in Payment Devices Frauds Act 2006, s 32

“means the network of point of sales terminals deployed by the acquiring bank”

Police Department

Defined in National Police Academy Act 2011, s 36

“means the Sri Lanka Police Department established under the Police Ordinance, (Chapter II)”

Police Force

Defined in Rana Viru Seva Authority Act 1999, s 17

“means the Sri Lanka Police Force”

policy holder

Defined in Regulation of Insurance Industry Act 2000, s 114

“means the person who for the time being is the legal holder of the policy for securing the contract with the insurer; Regulation of Insurance Industry”

pollutant

Defined in Marine Pollution Prevention Act 1981, s 37

“means any substance or any substance that is a part of a class of substances, prescribed by the Minister to be a pollutant for the purposes of this Act and includes any water contaminated by such substance; SO”

possession

Defined in Recovery of Possession of Premises Given on Lease Act 2023, s 38

“includes being in physical occupation of the premises or having retained the keys of the premises”

power purchase agreement

Defined in Sri Lanka Electricity Act 2024, s 52

“means, the agreement between the National System Operator, distribution licensees or a consumer and a generation licensee governing the sale of electricity by the generation licensee”

power sales agreement

Defined in Sri Lanka Electricity Act 2024, s 52

“means, the agreement between the distribution licensees and the National System Operator governing the bulk sale of electricity to the distribution licensees by the National System Operator”

power system

Defined in Sri Lanka Electricity Act 2024, s 52

“means, all aspects of generation, transmission, distribution and supply of electricity and includes one or more of the following, namely:- (a) generating stations; (b) transmission lines; (c) substations; (d) tie-lines; (e) load dispatch …”

Pradeshiya Sanwardhana Bank Act

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

“means the Pradeshiya Sanwardhana Bank Act…”

pre-administration costs

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

“means costs, charges and expenses incurred by and remuneration of an administrator in relation to the company before the company entered into administration and with a view to such entry into Rescue, Rehabilitation and Insolvency …”

pre-financing

Defined in Active Liability Management Act 2018, s 14

“includes financial arrangements made in advance to restructure an existing outstanding debt in order to change the conditions and terms of such debt”

pre-hospital care

Defined in 1990 Suwaseriya Foundation Act 2018, s 27

“includes first aid, emergency care or treatment given to a person suffering from any sickness, injury or infirmity until he reaches a health care provider”

precedent partner

Defined in Inland Revenue Act 2006, s 217

“means the partner who, of the active partners resident in Sri Lanka– (a) is first named in the agreement of partnership; (b) if there is no such agreement, is specified by name or initials singly or with precedence to the other partners …”

Also defined in 1 other Act

precursor

Defined in Chemical Weapons Convention Act 2007, s 47

“means any chemical reactant which takes part at any stage in the production by whatever method of a toxic chemical. This includes any key component of a binary or multi-component chemical system”

Precursor Control Authority

Defined in Conventions against Illict Traffic in Nacotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act 2008, s 33

“means the person or body of pen;ons that the Minister shall by Order published in the Gazette appoint as the Authority for the purposes of section 18; Co11ventions Against Illicit Traffic i11 Narcotic Dntgs a11d Psychotropic S11bs3a11ces …”

preferential claim

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

“means a claim referred to in paragraph 1, 2 or 8 of the Fourth Schedule”

premises

Defined in Recovery of Possession of Premises Given on Lease Act 2023, s 38

“means any building or part of a building together with the land appertaining thereto and includes a bare land without a building or a part of a multi-storied building”

Also defined in 6 other Acts

prescribe

Defined in Online Safety Act 2024, s 52

“means prescribe by regulations”

prescribed

Defined in Agrarian Development Act 2000, s 101

“means prescribed by this Act, or by any regulation made thereunder”

Also defined in 25 other Acts

prescribed bank

Defined in Agrarian Development Act 2000, s 101

“means any bank which is prescribed”

prescription

Defined in National Medicines Regulatory Authority Act 2015, s 146

“means an authorization in writing to a Pharmacist from a person authorized by law to prescribe medicines or medical devices to dispense a specified medicine or medical device for use by a designated individual or for animal use”

President

Defined in 1990 Suwaseriya Foundation Act 2018, s 27

“means the President of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka”

Also defined in 1 other Act