Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts Sri Lanka Consolidated ActsInterpretation
| 16. In this Law unless the context otherwise requires "competent authority " means any person appointed by the Minister by name or by office to be a competent authority for the purposes of this Law ; " newspaper " includes any journal magazine, pamphlet or other publication " organization " includes any movement, society, party, association or body or group of persons ; " printing press " includes any machinery, apparatus or plant capable of being used for printing ,lithography or other mode of representing or reproducing words in a visible from, or any type or other article belonging to such machinery, apparatus or plant; and " unlawful activity " means any action, taken by any means whatsoever, whether within Sri Lanka or outside Sri Lanka by or on behalf of any organization, which is prejudicial to the internal security of Sri Lanka and includes any organized action likely to or intended to disrupt or endanger the sovereignty, unity or territorial integrity of Sri Lanka. |