59 words defined in Sri Lanka Acts, from “false statement” to “future advance”.
59 words · showing 31 to 59
Defined in Public Financial Management Act 2024, s 70
“means factors or events that may cause fiscal revenue, expense, financing, asset and liability variables to deviate from forecasts in annual and multi-year fiscal programming; and it may originates from domestic or foreign macroeconomic …”
Read s 70Defined in Petroleum Resources Act 2021, s 51
“means, maintaining for both contractor and the State the same overall project economics as agreed mutually at the time of entering into a Petroleum Resources Agreement by allowing the adjustment of any of the fiscal parameters in case of …”
Read s 51Defined in National Insurance Trust Fund Act 2006, s 30
“means a person who is engaged in fishing as a livelihood”
Read s 30Defined in Rescue, Rehabilitation and Insolvency (Corporate and Personal) Act 2026, s 2
“means a charge that, when it was created, was a floating charge within the meaning of section 427(1) of the Companies Act”
Read s 2Defined in Civil Aviation Act 2010, s 124
“means an aircraft which is not registered in Sri Lanka under this Act”
Read s 124Defined in Foreign Exchange Act 2017, s 33
“means any movable or immovable property outside Sri Lanka of any class or description whatsoever and without prejudice to the generality of the preceding provisions of this definition, includes foreign exchange, foreign currency, foreign …”
Read s 33Defined in Land (Restrictions on Alienation) Act 2014, s 25
“means a company or a body of persons incorporated under the laws of any country other than Sri Lanka”
Read s 25Defined in Foreign Exchange Act 2017, s 33
“means any currency other than Sri Lankan currency”
Also defined in 2 other Acts
Read s 33Defined in Foreign Exchange Act 2017, s 33
“means a foreign currency account in a licensed bank which is authorized to deal in foreign exchange”
Read s 33Defined in Debits Tax Act 2002, s 19
“means an account maintained at a commercial bank and designated as such by the Central Bank”
Read s 19Defined in Inland Revenue Act 2006, s 217
“means a unit or department of a commercial bank, authorized by the Central bank of Sri Lanka to operate as a foreign currency banking unit”
Read s 217Defined in Foreign Exchange Act 2017, s 33
“means foreign currency and includes – (a) deposits, credits and balances payable in foreign currency; (b) drafts, travelers’ cheques, letters of credit and bills of exchange drawn in Sri Lanka and payable outside Sri Lanka in foreign …”
Read s 33Defined in Foreign Exchange Act 2017, s 33
“includes accepting, buying, selling, borrowing and lending of foreign exchange and exchange to any other foreign currency”
Read s 33Defined in Economic Transformation Act 2024, s 59
“means an investment made by a foreign investor as an investor in terms of this Part”
Read s 59Defined in Economic Transformation Act 2024, s 59
“means a natural person or an enterprise recognized as a legal entity by the applicable laws of a foreign country, that has made an investment in Sri Lanka in terms of this Part”
Read s 59Defined in Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Act 2002, s 24
“means a certificate given or a declaration made, by the appropriate authority of a specified country or under the law of a specified country, certifying or declaring that, under the law of that specified country, persons generally or a …”
Read s 24Defined in Foreign Loans (Amendment) Act 1980, s 5
“means a loan in any currency granted to the Goverriment of Sri Lanka or to a public corpora-tion or public enterprise— (a) by a foreign Government or the agency of a foreign Govern. ment, or Foreign Loans (Amendment) Act…”
Read s 5Defined in Inland Revenue Act 2017, s 195
“means a fixed place of business of a resident person situated in a foreign country where the business is conducted continuously for at least six months, but excludes any place at which only activities of a preparatory or auxiliary nature …”
Read s 195Defined in Anti-Corruption Act 2023, s 162
“means an individual who - (a) holds a legislative, administrative or judicial position of any kind, whether appointed or elected, of a country or territory outside Sri Lanka (or any subdivision of such a country or territory); (b) …”
Read s 162Defined in Foreign Exchange Act 2017, s 33
“means a security denominated or expressed in foreign currency and issued outside Sri Lanka”
Read s 33Defined in Land (Restrictions on Alienation) Act 2014, s 25
“means a person who is not a citizen of Sri Lanka”
Read s 25Defined in Proceeds of Crime Act 2025, s 150
“means the conclusive right, title, and any interest or beneficial interest to a proceed of crime being vested in the state through a judicial order in the manner provided by this Act; Clarification Forfeiture need not be contingent upon a …”
Read s 150Defined in Payment Devices Frauds Act 2006, s 32
“means an application made to obtain a payment device which contains any falsified documents, false information, fictitious identity and address or any other false pretences or misrepresentations and which induces the Issuer to issue a …”
Read s 32Defined in Payment Devices Frauds Act 2006, s 32
“means an application made by a person, a body of persons, entity or organization pretending to be a merchant using information that is false, incorrect or misleading in order to mislead the acquirer into believing that the merchant will …”
Read s 32Defined in Social Security Contribution Levy Act 2022, s 60
“shall have the same meaning as in the Licensing of Shipping Agents, Freight Forwarders, Non Vessel Operating Common Carriers and Container Operators Act…”
Read s 60Defined in Payment Devices Frauds Act 2006, s 32
“means the data including the discretionary data encoded on track one and two on the magnetic stripe of a payment device”
Read s 32Defined in Civil Aviation Act 2010, s 124
“means the Fund of the Authority established by section 12 of the Civil Aviation Authority of Sri Lanka Act”
Also defined in 1 other Act
Read s 124Defined in Secured Transactions Act 2024, s 75
“means goods of such nature or kind as can be freely exchangeable or replaceable in whole or in part, for another of a like nature or kind”
Read s 75Defined in Secured Transactions Act 2024, s 75
“means the advance of any money, credit or other value secured by a security agreement, whether or not such advance is made pursuant to a commitment”
Read s 75