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Words starting with P

163 words defined in Sri Lanka Acts, from “package” to “purposes of civil aviation”.

163 words · showing 31 to 60

  • person connected with the training of an athlete

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

    “includes every person who is a Curator, Match Adjudicator, Umpire, Referee, Sports Manager, Coach, Trainer, Sports Associate, Masseur, Physio, Medico, or Paramedic”

    Read s 36
  • person of Chinese Origin

    Defined in Grant of Citizenship to Persons of Chinese Origin (Special Provisions) Act 2008, s 11

    “means a person belonging to the Chinese race, who has arrived in Sri Lanka prior to November 15, 1948 and who is legitimately resident in Sri Lanka or a person who is a descendant of such a person who is legitimately resident in Sri Lanka.”

    Read s 11
  • person resident outside Sri Lanka

    Defined in Foreign Exchange Act 2017, s 33

    “means a person who is not a resident in Sri Lanka”

    Read s 33
  • personal data

    Defined in Personal Data Protection Act 2022, s 56

    “means, any information that can identify a data subject directly or indirectly, by reference to– (a) an identifier such as a name, an identification number, financial data, location data or an online identifier; or (b) one or more factors …”

    Read s 56
  • personal data breach

    Defined in Personal Data Protection Act 2022, s 56

    “means, any act or omission that results in accidental or unlawful destruction, loss, alteration, unauthorized disclosure of, or access to, personal data transmitted, stored or otherwise processed”

    Read s 56
  • personal data revealing racial or ethnic origin

    Defined in Personal Data Protection Act 2022, s 56

    “means, any personal data including photographs that may indicate or be related to the race or ethnicity of a natural person”

    Read s 56
  • personal insolvency administrator

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

    “means the office referred to in Chapter 3 of Part IX; Rescue, Rehabilitation and Insolvency”

    Read s 2
  • personal insolvency official

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

    “means a Bankruptcy Trustee, authorised intermediary, personal insolvency administrator, personal insolvency proposer or the Official Receiver”

    Read s 2
  • Personal Insolvency Order

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

    “includes - (a) a Debt Protection Moratorium Order; (b) an order confirming the coming into effect of the Individual Debt Restructuring Arrangement; (c) a Debt Rehabilitation Order; and (d) a Bankruptcy Order”

    Read s 2
  • Personal Insolvency Procedure

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

    “includes- (a) the Personal Debt Protection Moratorium procedure under Part III; (b) the Debt Restructuring Arrangement procedure under Part IV; (c) the Debt Rehabilitation Order procedure under Part V; and (d) the Bankruptcy procedure …”

    Read s 2
  • personal insolvency proposer

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

    “means the office referred to in section 49”

    Read s 2
  • persons acting in concert

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

    “means persons who pursuant to an agreement or understanding, whether formal or informal, co-operate, through the acquisition by any of them of any interests in shares in a company, or any other company, or to frustrate the successful …”

    Read s 188
  • persons subjected to trafficking

    Defined in Convention on Preventing and Combating Trafficking in Women and Children for Prostitution Act 2005, s 14

    “means women and children victimized or forced into prostitution by the traffickers by deception, threat, coercion, kidnapping, sale, fraudulent marriage or any other unlawful means”

    Read s 14
  • pest

    Defined in Plant Protection Act 1999, s 15

    “means any biotic agent capable of causing injury or damage or loss to plants or plant products and shall include weeds”

    Also defined in 1 other Act

    Read s 15
  • petroleum

    Defined in Energy Supply (Temporary Provisions) Act 2002, s 31

    “means petroleum and includes any product, or by-product which may be derived, purchased, prepared, developed, compounded, made, or manufactured, from hydro-carbons or hydro-carbon compounds, and any inorganic and natural or synthetic …”

    Read s 31
  • petroleum data

    Defined in Petroleum Resources Act 2021, s 51

    “means, geological, geophysical, geochemical, petrophysical, engineering, well logs, maps, magnetic tapes, cores, cuttings and production data as well as all interpretative and derivative data including reports, analyses, interpretations …”

    Read s 51
  • petroleum operations

    Defined in Petroleum Resources Act 2003, s 34

    “mean activities in exploration, development and recovery of petroleum resources including but not limited to geological surveys, interpretation of seismic data, well drilling, production testing, separation, processing, storage, recovery …”

    Also defined in 1 other Act

    Read s 34
  • petroleum product

    Defined in Energy Supply (Temporary Provisions) Act 2002, s 31

    “means petrol, kerosene, auto diesel, heavy diesel, furnace oil, liquid petroleum gas or aviation turbine fuel”

    Read s 31
  • Petroleum Products (Regulation and Control of Supplies) Act

    Defined in Energy Supply (Temporary Provisions) Act 2002, s 31

    “means Petroleum Products (Regulation and Control of Supplies) Act…”

    Read s 31
  • petroleum reservoir

    Defined in Petroleum Resources Act 2003, s 34

    “means a naturally occurring discrete accumulation of petroleum resources”

    Also defined in 1 other Act

    Read s 34
  • petroleum resources

    Defined in Petroleum Resources Act 2003, s 34

    “means crude oil, natural gas and hydrocarbons whether in natural liquid, gaseous, solid or semisolid state hydrates of oil and gas, sulfur and other similar substances associated with hydrocarbons that are in situ or recovered by petroleum …”

    Also defined in 1 other Act

    Read s 34
  • Petroleum Resources Agreement

    Defined in Petroleum Resources Act 2003, s 34

    “means a contract for production sharing entered into in terms of section 9 of this Act, between the State and one or more Contractors”

    Also defined in 1 other Act

    Read s 34
  • Petroleum Resources Development Committee (PRDC)

    Defined in Petroleum Resources Act 2003, s 34

    “means the Committee to be established to implement the provisions of the Petroleum Resources Act”

    Read s 34
  • petroleum resources royalty

    Defined in Petroleum Resources Act 2003, s 34

    “means the royalty that is payable by a Contractor on the market value of all petroleum resources that are recovered by him from the area covered by a Development License”

    Also defined in 1 other Act

    Read s 34
  • Pharmacist

    Defined in National Medicines Regulatory Authority Act 2015, s 146

    “means a Pharmacist registered under the Medical Ordinance”

    Read s 146
  • Pharmacy

    Defined in Homoeopathy Act 2016, s 52

    “includes the manufacturing unit, where Homoeopathic medicines are manufactured, prepared or compounded”

    Read s 52
  • photographic work

    Defined in Intellectual Property Act 2003, s 5

    “means the recording of light or other radiation on any medium on which an image is produced or from which an image may be produced, irrespective of the technique (chemical, electronic or other) by which such recording is made, a still …”

    Read s 5
  • pipe tobacco

    Defined in Tobacco Tax Act 1999, s 24

    “means cut tobacco or tobacco compressed into slabs which can be used, or is intended for smoking in pipes”

    Read s 24
  • place of business

    Defined in Recognition and Enforcement of International Settlement Agreements Resulting from Mediation Act 2024, s 16

    “means – (a) the principal place at which that party conducts business of such party; (b) if a party has more than one place of business, the place of business which has the closest relationship to the dispute resolved by the international …”

    Read s 16
  • place of public use

    Defined in Suppression of Terrorist bombings Act 1999, s 14

    “means those parts of any building, land, street, water way or other location that are accessible or open to members of the public, whether continuosly, periodically or occasionally, and includes any commercial, business, cultural …”

    Read s 14