Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts Sri Lanka Consolidated ActsInterpretation
| 11. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires- " appropriate law", in any context in which that expression occurs in this Act, means any written law, other than this Act, which makes provision in respect of any matter or thing for which provision or substantially the same provision is made in that context;" candidate", in relation to any election, means a person who, by himself or by any other person or persons on his behalf, seeks, under any appropriate law, nomination as a candidate at such election; " local authority " has the same meaning as in the Bribery Act; " person to whom this Act applies" means each person specified in the Schedule to this Act in regard to whom the relevant Commission in its Reports found that any allegation or allegations of bribery had been proved; " public servant" has the same meaning as in the Bribery Act; " register of electors " has the same meaning as in the Ceylon (Parliamentary Elections) Order in Council, 1946; " relevant Commission" means the Commission of Inquiry consisting of Messrs. Walter Thalgoda-pitiya, Thomas Webb Roberts and Samuel John Charles Schokman, which was appointed, under section 2 of the Commissions of Inquiry Act, by the Governor-General by warrant dated September 11, 1959; " relevant date " means the date of the commencement of this Act; " Reports ", in relation to the relevant Commission, means " The Reports of the Parliamentary Bribery Commission, 1959-1960 ", published as Parliamentary Series No. 1 of the Fifth Parliament, First Session, 1960, and tabled in the House of Representatives on December 16, 1960, and ordered to be printed on December 22, 1960; " scheduled institution" has the same meaning as in the Bribery Act; " Senator " means a member of the Senate; " voting", in relation to any election, means applying to vote, or voting, at such election, and its grammatical variations or cognate expressions shall be construed accordingly. (Section 11)Henry Abeywickrema Manameldura Piyadasa de Zoysa Mohamed Samsudeen Kariapper Robert Edward Jayatilleke Casila Abdul Samed Marikkar Dharmasena Bandara Monnekulame |