Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts Sri Lanka Consolidated ActsInterpretation
| 9. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires- " authorized person ", in relation to any Government quarters, means any person, other than a competent authority, authorized by a quit notice issued in respect of such quarters to take possession of such quarters; " competent authority " means the Deputy Secretary to the Treasury, or any other public officer authorized by such Deputy Secretary to be a competent authority for the purposes of this Act; "dependant ", in relation to the occupier of Government quarters, means any person who is dependent on the occupier, whether as spouse, child or otherwise, and includes any other person who is permitted by the occupier to reside in such quarters; " Government quarters " means any building or room or other accommodation occupied or used for the purposes of residence which is provided by or on behalf of the Government to any person, and includes any land or premises in which such building or room or other accommodation is situated, but does not include any house provided by the Commissioner for National Housing to which Part V of the National Housing Act applies; " occupier ", in the event of the death of the per- son who first came into occupation, includes a dependant of that person. |