Words starting with I

ICCPR Act

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

“means the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights Act…”

identified construction works

Defined in Construction Industry Development Act 2014, s 67

“means— (a) all buildings, structures, or any building or structure or landscape which consists of facilities and amenities for public use exceeding in value rupees ten million or such higher value as may be prescribed by the Minister, from …”

identifying particulars

Defined in Anti-Corruption Act 2023, s 162

“include photographs, finger-prints, palm-prints, sole-prints, toe-prints and the weight and height measurements of a person”

immovable property

Defined in Sri Lanka Transport Board Act 2005, s 35

“means land and includes land covered with water, house, buildings and parts of houses and buildings”

Also defined in 2 other Acts

implementing agencies

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

“means, the government Ministries and Departments that are assigned with the task of implementing various programmes of the Government at national, provincial, district and divisional levels”

import

Defined in Tobacco Tax Act 1999, s 24

“means to bring into Sri Lanka, by sea or air, from any place outside or beyond the limits of Sri Lanka”

importer

Defined in Plant Protection Act 1999, s 15

“means- (a) any person who, whether as consignor, consignee, agent, broker, or otherwise, is in possession of, or in any way entitled to, the custody or control of any plant, plant product or organism; (b) any person by whose act any plant …”

Also defined in 1 other Act

in writing

Defined in Mediation (Civil and Commercial Disputes) Act 2026, s 29

“shall mean the recording of any content in any form including an electronic communication where the information contained therein is accessible for subsequent reference”

in-competition testing

Defined in Convention against Doping in Sport Act 2013, s 36

“means for purposes of differentiating between in-competition and out-of-competition testing, unless provided otherwise in the rules of an international Federation or other relevant anti-doping organization, a test where an athlete is …”

inauthentic online account

Defined in Online Safety Act 2024, s 52

“means an online account that is controlled by a person other than the person represented (whether by its user, unique identifier or other information) as its holder, and the representation is made for the purpose of misleading the end …”

incapacitated person

Defined in Inland Revenue Act 2006, s 217

“means any minor, lunatic idiot or person of unsound mind”

incident

Defined in Civil Aviation Act 2010, s 65

“means an occurrence associated with the operation of an aircraft other than an accident, which affects or could affect the safety of such operation.”

income

Defined in Finance Act 2021, s 19

“means any gain, profit or receipt derived from any source whether in Sri Lanka or abroad”

Also defined in 1 other Act

income tax

Defined in Surcharge on Income Tax Act 1981, s 7

“means the income tax charged and levied under the Inland Revenue Act”

increased quantity

Defined in Safeguard Measures Act 2018, s 41

“includes increase in import whether in absolute terms or relative to domestic production”

independent group

Defined in Parliamentary Budget Office Act 2023, s 46

“means a group consisting of Members of Parliament, politicians or candidates at an election, who are not otherwise affiliated with or is a member of, any recognised political party”

indication of source

Defined in Intellectual Property Act 2003, s 101

“means any expression or sign used to indicate that a product or service originates in a given conutry or group of countries, region, or locality”

indigenous energy resources

Defined in Sri Lanka Electricity Act 2024, s 52

“means, any form of energy resource available in Sri Lanka such as domestically produced fossil fuel energy, energy produced from renewable energy and includes any other derivatives thereof but does not include any imported fossil fuel …”

individual reparations

Defined in Office for Reparations Act 2018, s 27

“mean, such measures as are intended to recognize the right to an effective remedy and benefits for an individual aggrieved person and shall include - (a) any monetary payment or material benefit provided to an aggrieved person; (b) …”

Industrial Disputes Act

Defined in Industrial Disputes (Hearing and Determination of Proceedings) (Special Provisions) Act 2003, s 17

“means the Industrial Disputes Act, (Chapter. 131); industrial dispute” shall have the same meaning as in the Industrial Disputes Act”

industry Act

Defined in Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka Act 2002, s 44

“means an Act that governs any specific public utilities industry the regulation of which is vested in or assigned to the Commission”

industry or service

Defined in Budgetary Relief Allowance of Workers Act 2016, s 14

“includes– (a) any trade, business, manufacture and agriculture, any undertaking or occupation by way of trade, business, manufacture or agriculture and any branch or section of trade, business, manufacture or agriculture; (b) work or …”

Also defined in 1 other Act

information

Defined in Right to Information Act 2016, s 43

“includes any material which is recorded in, in any form including records, documents, memos, emails, opinions, advices, press releases, circulars, orders, log books, contracts, reports, papers, samples, models, correspondence, memorandum …”

Also defined in 7 other Acts

information officer

Defined in Right to Information Act 2016, s 43

“means an information officer appointed under section 23 of this Act”

information system

Defined in Electronic Transactions Act 2006, s 26

“means and electronic system for creating, generating, sending, receiving, storing, reproducing, displaying, recording or processing information”

Also defined in 1 other Act

informer

Defined in Anti-Corruption Act 2023, s 162

“includes a whistleblower”

infrastructure facility

Defined in Suppression of Terrorist bombings Act 1999, s 14

“means any publicly or privately owned facility providing or distributing services for the benefit of the public, such as water, sewage, energy, fuel or communications”

infringement

Defined in Intellectual Property Act 2003, s 5

“means an act that violated any right protected under this Part”

injury

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

“means any harm whatever illegally caused to the body, mind, reputation or property of any person and includes any impairment or disability, emotional suffering, economic or other loss caused as a result of an act or omission constituting …”

Inland Revenue Act

Defined in Economic Service Charge Act 2006, s 13

“means the Inland Revenue Act…”

Also defined in 6 other Acts