Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts Sri Lanka Consolidated ActsInterpretation
| 33. In this Law, unless the context otherwise requires-" Commissioner " means the Press Commissioner appointed under this Law and in relation to inquiries held under this Law and proceedings before the Council, includes any officer authorized in that behalf by the Commissioner;" newspaper " means any paper containing public news, intelligence or occurrences printed or published in Sri Lanka, but does not include any proclamation, notice, or other public paper printed and published under the authority of the Government, or any paper containing only lists of current prices, or the state of markets, or accounts of the arrival, sailing or other circumstances relating to merchant ships or vessels, or advertisements of a commercial or like nature, or advertisements previously published in the Gazette;" prescribed " means prescribed by regulations made under this Law. |