Words starting with P

protected prisoner of war

Defined in Geneva Conventions Act 2006, s 14

“means a person protected by the Third Convention.”

protective measures

Defined in Licensing of Container Depot Operators Act 2026, s 20

“includes any measure essential to maintain operational integrity of the container depot, protect the value of the stocked goods, and ensure the safety of depot personnel and the surrounding community.”

Provincial Council

Defined in Anti-Corruption Act 2023, s 162

“means a Provincial Council established by Chapter XVIIA of the Constitution”

Also defined in 21 other Acts

provincial public service officer

Defined in National Insurance Trust Fund Act 2006, s 30

“means a person employed in the provincial public service of a Province in terms of the Provincial Councils Act…”

provincial public service pensioner

Defined in National Insurance Trust Fund Act 2006, s 30

“means a person retired from the service of the provincial public service and who is in receipt of a pension from a Provincial Council”

provisional liquidation

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

“means provisional liquidation under Part XII and “provisional liquidator” shall have the corresponding meaning”

provisional measures

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

“means — (a) in relation to Part I of this Act, the requirement to pay the provisional duty or furnish a security equal to the estimated dumping margin found in the preliminary determination; or (b) in relation to part II of this Act, the …”

pseudonymisation

Defined in Personal Data Protection Act 2022, s 56

“means, the processing of personal data in such a manner that the personal data cannot be used to identify a data subject without the use of additional information and such additional information is kept separately and is subject to …”

psychotropic substance

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

“means any substance natural or synthetic or any natural material specified in the Fourth Schedule to the Act.. I. 2. Conventions Against Illicit Traffic i11 Narcotic 21 Drugs and Psychotropic S11bs0ances Act, No. I of 2008”

psychotropic substances

Defined in Bureau of Rehabilitation Act 2023, s 36

“shall include the substances specified in the Fourth Schedule of the Convention Against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act…”

public authority

Defined in Assistance to and Protection of Victims of Crime and Witnesses Act 2023, s 104

“means any authority, corporation, board or other body established by or under any written law other than the Companies Act…”

Also defined in 4 other Acts

Public Company

Defined in Ceylon Hotels Corporation (Repeal) Act 2007, s 4

“means a Public Company registered under the Companies Act…”

public corporation

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

“means any corporation, board or other body which was or is established by or under any written law other than the Companies Ordinance, with funds or capital wholly or partly provided by the Government by way of grant, loan or otherwise …”

Also defined in 17 other Acts

public debt

Defined in Public Debt Management Act 2024, s 39

“means liabilities created by debt and debt of entities referred to in paragraphs (a), (b), (c) and (d) of section 2”

Also defined in 2 other Acts

public display

Defined in Intellectual Property Act 2003, s 5

“means the showing of the original or a copy of a work— (a) directly; (b) by means of a film, slide, television image or otherwise on screen; (c) by means of any other device or process; or (d) in the case of an audiovisual work, the …”

public enterprise

Defined in Foreign Loans (Amendment) Act 1980, s 5

“means any company which is registered under the Com-panies Ordinance and in which the Government of Sri Lanka holds not less than fifty per centum of the paid-up capital. ’ Annual subscription of Bills and Laws of the Parliament Rs. 30 …”

Public Enterprises Reform Commission of Sri Lanka

Defined in Public Enterprises Reform Commission of Sri Lanka (Repeal) Act 2010, s 6

“means the Commission established by section 2 of the Public Enterprises Reform Commission of Sri Lanka Act…”

public entity

Defined in Central Bank of Sri Lanka Act 2023, s 124

“includes a Ministry, Department, Provincial Ministry, Provincial Department, local authority, public corporation and a company in which the Government or a public corporation or a local authority holds fifty per centum or more of the …”

public funds

Defined in Public Financial Management Act 2024, s 70

“means moneys in the Consolidated Fund or any other Fund and moneys under the control of the Government excluding approved termination funds which includes thrift, savings or building society or welfare fund to which contributions are made …”

Public Health Inspector

Defined in Prevention of Mosquito Breeding Act 2007, s 25

“means any officer appointed to such post in the Department of Health Services and includes any Public Health Inspector of a local authority, who is authorized by the Competent Authority to perform any function as a Public Health Inspector …”

public institution

Defined in Economic Transformation Act 2024, s 161

“includes a Government Ministry, Government department, Provincial Council, Provincial Ministry or a department, local authority or any other agency established under any written law with the financial support by Government of Sri Lanka”

Also defined in 1 other Act

public international financial institution

Defined in Central Bank of Sri Lanka Act 2023, s 124

“includes the Asian Development Bank, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, and the International Monetary Fund”

public international organisation

Defined in Anti-Corruption Act 2023, s 162

“means an organisation whose members are — (a) countries or territories outside Sri Lanka; (b) governments of countries or territories outside Sri Lanka; and (c) a mixture of any of the above”

public investment programme

Defined in Public Financial Management Act 2024, s 70

“means a medium-term rolling plan consisting of all ongoing and proposed public investment projects and public-private partnership projects prepared based on the national development policy framework”

public investment project

Defined in Public Financial Management Act 2024, s 70

“means an integrated set of activities funded by the Government, provincial council or local authority aimed at allocating resources of financial, physical or service towards the development, improvement, operation or maintenance of public …”

public lending

Defined in Intellectual Property Act 2003, s 5

“means the transfer of the possession of the original or a copy of a work or a sound recording for a limited period of time for non-profit making purposes, by an institution, the services of which are available to the public, such as a …”

public notice

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

“means a notice of any matter that is required to be given under this Act, which shall be given by publishing a notice of that matter in at least one issue of the Gazette and in at least one issue of a daily newspaper in Sinhala, Tamil and …”

public office holder

Defined in Public Financial Management Act 2024, s 70

“means Government appointee to a body entrusted with an advisory or administration function, and remunerated through the public finance”

public officer

Defined in National Insurance Trust Fund Act 2006, s 30

“means a public officer who is in service and is under sixty years of age”

Also defined in 3 other Acts

public official

Defined in Anti-Corruption Act 2023, s 162

“include the President, the Prime Minister, a Minister of the Cabinet of Ministers, a Minister appointed under Article 45 of the Constitution, Speaker, Deputy Speaker, Chairman of a Committee, Deputy Chairman of a Committee, a Deputy …”