Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts Sri Lanka Consolidated ActsInterpretation
| 17. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,- " Assisted school" means any school or training college to which aid is contributed from State funds or was contributed from such funds on July 21, 1960; " Director " means the Director of Education; " Government Agent", in relation to a poll taken in respect of any Assisted school, means the Government Agent of the Administrative District in which such school is situated and includes any Assistant or Additional Government Agent of such District; " parent", in relation to any pupil in any school, means his father or, if his father is dead or is resident outside Ceylon, his mother or, if both his father and mother are dead or are resident outside Ceylon, his legal guardian; " proprietor" has the same meaning as in the Education OrdinanceAny school maintained exclusively for the education of children suffering from any mental or physical disability. Any school maintained exclusively for the teaching of dancing. Any estate school. Any school which was conducted on July 21, 1960, mainly for persons over fourteen years of age. |