39. In this Act unless the context otherwise requires- "Chairman" means the Chairman of the Authority appointed under section 8; "child" means a person under eighteen years of age; "child abuse" means any act or omission relating to a child, which would amount to a contravention of any of the provisions of-
| (a) sections 286A, 288, 288A, 288B, 308A, 360A, 360B, 360C, 363, 364A, 365, 365A, or 365B of the Penal Code; |
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| (b) the Employment of Women, Young Persons and Children Act; |
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| (c) the Children and Young Persons Ordinance ; or |
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| (d) the regulation relating to compulsory education made under the Education Ordinance, |
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and includes the involvement of, a child in armed conflict which is likely to endanger the child's life or is likely to harm such child physically or emotionally, "Deputy Chairman" means the Deputy Chairman of the Authority appointed under section 8. "local authority" means any Municipal Council, Urban Council or Pradeshiya Sabha and includes any authority created or established by or under any law to exercise, performance and discharge, powers, duties and functions corresponding to or similar to the powers, duties and functions exercised, performed and discharged by any such Council or Sabha; "Provincial Council" means a Provincial Council established under Chapter XVIIA of the Constitution; |
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