Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts Sri Lanka Consolidated ActsInterpretation
| 23. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires" "Chairman" means the Chairman of the Commission; "education': includes pre-school! education, formal schooling at primary and secondary levels, tertiary education, higher education, education and training in agriculture, training for skills development, informal, non-formal and adult education, special education, professional education, vocational and technical education and training and religious education ; "educational institution ;; means any institution imparting education; " 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, perform or discharge the powers, duties and functions corresponding to or similar to, the powers, duties and functions exercised, performed or discharged by any such Council or Sabha ; "Provincial Council' means a Provincial Council established by Chapter XVII A of the Constitution ; and " Secretary " means the Secretary of the Commission. |