Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts Sri Lanka Consolidated ActsInterpretation
| 12. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,- " competent Magistrate " means a Magistrate having jurisdiction in the division of Colombo as defined and set out in the First Schedule to the Courts Ordinance; " Controller " means the Controller of Immigration and Emigration and includes any Deputy or . Assistant Controller of Immigration and Emigration; " principal enactment " means the Immigrants and Emigrants Act as amended by any subsequent Act;" " relevant date " means the first day of January, 1971; and " visa " means a visa granted under the principal enactment and includes any temporary residence permit, or endorsement, or extension of the period of the visa, granted or issued under that enactment. |