39 words defined in Sri Lanka Acts, from “gambling” to “GVK EMRI Lanka (Private) Limited”.
39 words · showing 1 to 30
Defined in Gambling Regulatory Authority Act 2025, s 79
“means betting, gaming, online gaming, casino, cruise ship casinos, junket operations, and includes digital gambling, the playing of baccarat, puntobanco, big six, black jack, boule, chemin - de - fer, chuck - a - luck, crown and anchor …”
Read s 79Defined in Gambling Regulatory Authority Act 2025, s 79
“means any premises to which individuals have access with or without payment, whether as of right or not, for the playing of any gambling including the territorial waters of Sri Lanka”
Read s 79Defined in Tax and Foreign Exchange Amnesty Act 1998, s 10
“means a gem within the meaning of the National Gem and Jewellery Authority Act…”
Also defined in 1 other Act
Read s 10Defined in Inland Revenue Act 2017, s 195
“means— (i) those adopted, from time to time, by the Institute of Charted Accountants (Sri Lanka); and (ii) the International Financial Reporting Standards”
Read s 195Defined in Sri Lanka Electricity Act 2024, s 52
“means. any facility for generating electricity, including the site where such generating station is installed, and any building, plant, transformer, switchgear, switch yard, cables or other appurtenant equipment, if any, used for the …”
Read s 52Defined in Sri Lanka Electricity Act 2009, s 61
“means a person who has been granted a generation licence”
Read s 61Defined in Sri Lanka Electricity Act 2009, s 61
“means a generation licensee or a person exempt from the requirement of obtaining a generation licence”
Also defined in 1 other Act
Read s 61Defined in National Medicines Regulatory Authority Act 2015, s 146
“means a medicine that- (a) has the same quantitative composition of therapeutically active substances, being substances of similar quality to those used in the registered medicine; (b) has the same pharmaceutical form; (c) is …”
Read s 146Defined in Personal Data Protection Act 2022, s 56
“means, personal data relating to the genetic characteristics of a natural person which gives unique information about the physiology or the health of that natural person which results from an analysis of a biological sample or bodily fluid …”
Read s 56Defined in Plant Protection Act 1999, s 15
“means an organism derived from any activity which has involved or resulted in the formation or derivation of new combinations of heritable material by the insertion of nucleic acid molecules, produced by whatever means outside the cell …”
Read s 15Defined in Intellectual Property Act 2003, s 101
“means an indication which identifies any goods as originating in the territory of a country, or a region or locality in that territory, where a given quality, reputation or other characteristic of the good is essentially attributable to …”
Read s 101Defined in National Building Research Institute Act 2025, s 32
“means, the instability caused by subsoils that as a result of the circumstances of its composition or a change in environmental conditions has the potential to expand, collapse, disperse or undergo excessive settlement under relatively low …”
Read s 32Defined in National Building Research Institute Act 2025, s 32
“means, a document regarding geotechnical stability concerns, issues in respect of any construction or development activity involving deep excavation, underground excavation, ground improvement work, retaining structures, or substructure …”
Read s 32Defined in Inland Revenue Act 2017, s 195
“means a transfer without consideration or a transfer with consideration to the extent that the market value of the property exceeds the market value of the consideration”
Also defined in 2 other Acts
Read s 195Defined in National Medicines Regulatory Authority Act 2015, s 146
“means good distribution practice guidelines issued by the Authority”
Read s 146Defined in National Medicines Regulatory Authority Act 2015, s 146
“means good manufacturing guidelines issued by World Health Organization”
Read s 146Defined in National Medicines Regulatory Authority Act 2015, s 146
“means good Pharmacy practice guidelines issued by the Authority”
Read s 146Defined in National Medicines Regulatory Authority Act 2015, s 146
“means good storage practice guidelines issued by the Authority”
Read s 146Defined in Intellectual Property Act 2003, s 101
“means anything which is the subject of trade, manufacture or merchandise and includes services”
Also defined in 2 other Acts
Read s 101Defined in National Audit Act 2018, s 55
“means the body entrusted with the administration and management of the affairs of any statutory body or entity or any company registered or deemed to be registered under the Companies Act…”
Read s 55Defined in Central Bank of Sri Lanka Act 2023, s 124
“means the Government of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka; ”Insurance Regulatory Commission of Sri Lanka” means the Insurance Regulatory Commission of Sri Lanka established under the Regulation of Insurance Industry Act…”
Also defined in 3 other Acts
Read s 124Defined in National Medicines Regulatory Authority Act 2015, s 146
“means the person for the time being holding the office of the Government Analyst, any Additional Government Analyst, Deputy Government Analyst, Senior Assistant Government Analyst or Assistant Government Analyst”
Read s 146Defined in Regulation of Insurance Industry Act 2000, s 114
“includes any security in respect of a loan, the repayment of which together with interest thereon, is guaranteed by the Government of Sri Lanka”
Read s 114Defined in Inland Revenue Act 2006, s 217
“means any Department or undertaking of the Government of Sri Lanka”
Also defined in 2 other Acts
Read s 217Defined in Colombo Port City Economic Commission Act 2021, s 75
“means that proportion of the reclaimed land situated within the Area of Authority of the Colombo Port City, made available for the undertaking of residential, commercial, leisure, educational, cultural, community-based developments and …”
Read s 75Defined in Default Taxes (Special Provisions) Act 2010, s 17
“means a business undertaking acquired by or vested in the Government, under the Business Undertaking (Acquisition) Act…”
Read s 17Defined in Regulation of Insurance Industry Act 2000, s 114
“means promissory notes (including treasury bills), stock, bearer bonds, and any other security issued by or on behalf of the Government of Sri Lanka in respect of any loan raised either before or after the appointed date, but does not …”
Read s 114Defined in Rescue, Rehabilitation and Insolvency (Corporate and Personal) Act 2026, s 2
“means, the person entitled to the benefit of the instrument”
Read s 2Defined in Rescue, Rehabilitation and Insolvency (Corporate and Personal) Act 2026, s 367
“means a company in respect of the property of which a receiver is or may be appointed. CHAPTER 2 Appointment of Receiver”
Read s 367Defined in Anti-Corruption Act 2023, s 162
“includes - (a) money or any gift, loan, fee, reward, commission, valuable security or other property or interest in property of any description, whether movable, intangible and unreal or immovable; For the purposes of this paragraph”
Read s 162