Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts Sri Lanka Consolidated ActsInterpretation
| 15. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires- " agreement " means any agreement entered into, whether before or after the date of commencement of this Act, between Sri Lanka and any other country, relating to the mutual transfer of offenders between the two countries ; " appropriate authority " in relation to a specified country, means a person or body of persons in any specified country who is referred to in the agreement as being the authority responsible for administering the transfer of offenders to and from such specified country; " Commissioner of Prisons " means the person who is for the time being holding office as the commissioner of Prisons and Probation Services appointed under section 6 of the Prisons Ordinance (Chapter 54) ; " offender " means a person who is convicted of an offence whether committed before or after the date of commencement of this Act, and is for the time being serving a sentence of imprisonment by virtue of an order made either by any court in Sri Lanka or by a court or other institution exercising judicial powers which is empowered to make such order, in any specified country. |