7. In this Law, unless the context otherwise requires- " local authority " means any Municipal Council, Urban Council, Town Council or Village Council and includes any Authority created and established by or under any law to exercise and perform powers and functions corresponding to or similar to the powers and functions exercised and performed by any such Council ; " relevant person " means a person who has been found by any report of the Commission of Inquiry referred to in this Law-
| (a) to have committed or to have aided or . abetted in the commission of any act constituting -
| | | | (iii) irregularities in the making of appointments ; | | |
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| (b) to have contravened, or to have aided or abetted in the contravention of, any provisions of any written law. |
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" scheduled institution " means any such board, institution, corporation or other body as Is for the time being specified in the Schedule to the Bribery Act, and any board, institution, corporation or other body which is deemed under the provisions of any enactment to be a scheduled institution within the meaning of the Bribery Act, and includes any organization the capital of which Is wholly or partly subscribed by such board, institution, corporation or other body ; " State officer " means a State officer as defined in the Constitution of the Republic of Sri Lanka and includes a public servant. |
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