Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts Sri Lanka Consolidated ActsInterpretation
| 24. In this Law, unless the context otherwise requires-" Director ". means the Director of National Archives and includes an Assistant Director of National Archives; " local authority " means any Municipal Council, Urban Council, Town Council, or Village Council; " manuscript " means any handwritten document made of paper, ola, copper, silver, gold, or other material except granite; " National Archives " means the Department of National Archives established under this Law; "public archives " means all public records and any other manuscript, document or printed matter kept or deposited at the National Archives for permanent preservation; " public office " means any office specified in the Second Schedule hereto; "public record" or "record" means any original or copy of any manuscript, paper, letter, register, report, book, magazine, map, chart, plan, drawing, picture, photograph or any other record or part thereof either handwritten, drawn, printed or produced in any other way on paper or on any other material except granite and officially received or produced or prepared in any public office in the course of its official functions and includes any cinematograph, film, recording, tape, disc or production in any other media received in any public office; "printed matter" means any book, magazine, leaflet, newspaper, or any other paper containing information printed by any mechanical or by any other process; " responsible officer " with reference to any public office, means the head of that office or the officer for the time being discharging the duties and functions of the head of that office.Adoption of Children Ordinance (Cap. 61). Births and Deaths Registration Act (Cap. 110) Registration of Deaths (Emergency Provisions) Ordinance (Cap. 111). Marriage Registration Ordinance (Cap. 112). Kandyan Marriage and Divorce Act (Cap. 113). Kandyan Succession Ordinance (Cap. 114). Muslim Marriage and Divorce Act (Cap. 115). Foreign Marriage Ordinance (Cap. 116). Registration of Documents Ordinance (Cap. 117). Sannases and Old Deeds Ordinance (Cap. 118). Registration of Old Deeds and Instruments Ordinance (Cap. 119). Land Registers (Reconstructed Folios) Ordinance (Cap. 120). Registrars Proceedings Validation Ordinance (Cap. 121). Powers of Attorney Ordinance (Cap. 122).Office of the President of the Republic of Sri Lanka. Office of the Cabinet of Ministers. Office of the National State Assembly. Office of any Minister of the Cabinet. Office of any Government Department. Office of any court of law. Office of the Army, Navy or Air Force. Office of any Ambassador, High Commissioner or any other Diplomatic Representative of Sri Lanka and situated outside Sri Lanka. Office of any Local Authority. Office of the University of Sri Lanka. Office of any Public Corporation established under any enactment, being a corporation whose capital is partly or wholly provided by the Government. |