29.In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires " Commissioner of Elections " means the Commissioner of Elections appointed under Article 103 of the Constitution of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka ; " elector " means a person who is entitled to be registered as an elector under this Act; "electoral district" means an electoral district specified in a Proclamation made under Article 97 of the Constitution; " local authority " means any Municipal Council, Urban Council, Town Council or Village Council and includes any Authority created and 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 and discharged by any such Council; " public corporation" means any corporation, board or other body which was or is established by or under any written law other than the Companies Ordinance, with funds or capital wholly or partly pro-vided by the Government by way of grant, loan or otherwise; "register of electors" means the register of electors for any electoral district; and "revising officer" means
| (a) in relation to a claimant, the District Judge of the District Court within the jurisdiction of which such claimant resides ; |
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| (b) in relation to an objector, the District Judge of the District Court within the jurisdiction of which the person against whom an objection is made resides. |
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