39. In this Act unless the context otherwise requires" " 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 and discharge, powers, duties and functions corresponding to, or similar to, the powers, duties and functions exercised, performed or discharged by any such Council or Sabha ; "public institution" means"
| (a) any Ministry and any department under such Ministry; |
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| (b) any public corporation, or statutory institution ; |
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| (c) any Provincial Council or local authority ; and |
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| (d) any business undertaking, firm, company or other institution vested in the Government or owned wholly by, or on behalf, of the Government. |
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