Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts Sri Lanka Consolidated ActsInterpretation
| 95.In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires " appropriate Minister", in relation to any matter or thing, means the Minister to whom the subject or function of that matter or thing has been assigned ; "District Minister" with reference to any Development Council means the Minister to whom the subject and function of the administrative district for which the Development Council has been constituted has been assigned; "District Secretary" means the District Secretary appointed to an administrative district under section 48 ; "electoral district" has the same meaning as in the Constitution ; " elected member " means a member referred to in section 2 and in relation to a Council, means an elected member of that Council; " local authority " means any Municipal Council or Urban Council; " prescribed " means prescribed by regulations made by the Minister ; and " President" means the President of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka. |