Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts Sri Lanka Consolidated ActsInterpretation
| 38. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,- " appointed date " means the 15th day of December, 1949 ; " Board" means the River Valleys Development Board established under section 2 ; " Chairman" means the person appointed under this Act to be or to act as the Chairman of the Board; " developed area" includes any area declared to be, or to be a part of, a Municipality under the Municipal Councils Ordinance or a town under the Urban Councils Ordinance or the Town Councils Ordinance, or any area within the jurisdiction of a Village Council declared to be a built-up locality under section 37 (7) of the Village Councils Ordinance ; " electricity law " means the Electricity Ordinance, 1906,*[* Repealed by Act No. 19 of 1950.] or the Electricity Act which supersedes that Ordinance, and includes any written law enacted under that Ordinance or Act; " General Treasury" means the department of Government known as the General Treasury ; " land acquisition law " means the Land Acquisition Ordinance, 1876,[ Repealed by Act No. 9 of 1950.] or the Land Acquisition Act which supersedes that Ordinance, and includes any written law enacted under that Ordinance or Act; " local authority" means any Municipal Council, Urban Council, Town Council or Village Council; " prescribed" means prescribed by by-law made under section 22 ; and " village area" has the same meaning as in the Village Councils Ordinance. |