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In this Code unless the context otherwise requires- " Attorney-General " means the Attorney-General of the Republic of Sri Lanka and includes an acting Attorney-General ; " bailable offence " means an offence shown as bailable in the First Schedule or which is made bailable by any other law for the time being in force, and "nonbailable offence " means any other offence: " Chapter " means a Chapter of this Code, and " Schedule " means a schedule annexed to this Code, and "section" means a section of this Code ; " Chief Justice " means the Chief Justice of the Republic of Sri Lanka and includes an acting Chief Justice ; " cognizable offence " means an offence for which and " cognizable case " means a case in which a peace officer may in accordance with the First Schedule arrest without warrant ; " complaint " means the allegation made orally or in writing to a Magistrate with a view to his taking action under this Code that some person, whether known or unknown, has committed an offence ; " corporation " includes any corporation, board or other body established by or under any written law with capital wholly or partly provided by the Government by way of grant, loan or other form; " Court of Appeal " and " court " when applicable to the Court of Appeal mean the Court of Appeal of the Republic of Sri Lanka for the time being or the President of the Court of Appeal or any Judge or acting Judge thereof ; " discharge ", with its grammatical variations and cognate expressions means the discontinuance of criminal proceedings against an accused but does not include an acquittal; " enactment " includes an Ordinance, Act or Law of Sri Lanka ; "explosives " has the same meaning as in the Explosives Act ;" fine " includes any fine, pecuniary forfeiture, or compensation adjudged upon any conviction for any crime or offence or for the breach of any enactment by any court; " Fiscal " means the Fiscal of a court and includes any person authorised either generally or specially by a Judge to exercise, perform or discharge any power, duty or function of the Fiscal under this Code ; " Government Agent " or " Government Agent of the district" means the Government Agent of the Administrative District and includes an Additional or an Assistant Government Agent of such district ; " Government Analyst " includes any person appointed to be or to act as Government Analyst or Deputy or Assistant Government Analyst; " Government Examiner of Questioned Documents " includes any person appointed to be or to act as Government Examiner of Questioned Documents or Assistant Government Examiner of Questioned Documents; " Government medical officer " includes any officer of the Department of Forensic Medicine of any Faculty of Medicine of the University of Ceylon ; " High Court " and " court " when applicable to the High Court mean the High Court of the Republic of Sri Lanka for the time being or a Judge of the High Court or an acting Judge of the High Court; " indictable offence " means an offence triable only by the High Court whether with or without a jury or by the High Court at Bar without a jury ; " Information Book " includes a crime pad or file maintained by the Criminal Investigation Department and any bureau of investigation for the purpose of recording statements ; "inquirer " means a person appointed by the Minister under Chapter XI; " inquiry " includes every inquiry conducted under this Code before a Magistrate's Court or by an inquirer;" island " means the Island of Sri Lanka ; " Judge " means ,the presiding officer of a court and includes a Judge of the Supreme Court, Court of Appeal, High Court, District Court and Magistrate's Court as the context may require and includes an acting Judge of such court; " judicial proceeding " means any proceeding in the course of which evidence is or may be legally taken;" Magistrate " means a Magistrate appointed to a Magistrate's Court and includes a Municipal Magistrate, a Magistrate of a Juvenile Court and an acting or additional Magistrate of any such court ; " non-cognizable offence " means an offence for which and " non-cognizable case " means a case in which a peace officer may not arrest without warrant; " offence " means any act or omission made punishable by any law for the time being in force in Sri Lanka ; " offensive weapon " has the same meaning as in the Offensive Weapons Act, No. 18 of 1966 ;" officer in charge of a police station " includes if the context so requires an officer in charge of a branch of a police station and when the officer in charge of a police station or of a branch of a police station is absent therefrom or unable from illness to per- form his duties, the police officer present at the police station or at the branch who is next in rank to such officer ; " peace officer " includes police officers and Grama Seva Niladharis appointed by a Government Agent in writing to perform police duties ; " Penal Code " means the Penal Code together with every statutory modification or amendment thereof;" person " includes a body of persons, whether incorporate or not; "pleader " used with reference to any proceeding in any court means an attorney-at-law;" police officer " means a member of an established police force and includes police reservists;" police station " means arty post declared generally or specially by the Minister in charge of the subject of Defence to be a police station, and includes a mobile police post, the Criminal Investigation Department and any bureau of investigation ; " prescribed " means prescribed by this Code or by any rules made thereunder ; " Registrar " means the Registrar of any court as the con-text may require ;" Registrar of Finger Prints " means the officer for the time being holding the office of the Registrar a the Finger Prints Identification Office; " Solicitor-General " means the Solicitor-General of Sri Lanka and includes an Additional Solicitor-General and a Deputy Solicitor-General; " State Counsel " includes a Senior State Counsel and an acting State Counsel; " summary offence " means an offence triable by a Magistrate's Court;" Supreme Court " and " court " when applicable to the Supreme Court mean the Supreme Court of the Republic of Sri Lanka for the time being or the Chief Justice or any Judge thereof; " suspended sentence" means a sentence in respect of which an order under section 303 is made; " Written." " writing " and " written " include printing, lithography, photography, engraving, and every other mode in which words or figures can be expressed on paper or on any substance. |
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