Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts Sri Lanka Consolidated ActsInterpretation
| 19. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,-" amend ", in relation to the Schedule to this Act, means to alter, replace, add to, or omit, any item in that Schedule;" Commissioner " means the person for the time being holding the office of the Commissioner of Labour;" co-operative society " means a co-operative society registered as such under the Co-operative Societies Ordinance;" employer " means any person who employs, or on whose behalf any other person employs, any workman and includes a body of employers (whether such body is a firm, company, corporation, trade union or other body unincorporate), and any person who on behalf of any other person employs any workman, but does not include any such other person or such body to whom, by virtue of the operation of the provisions of sub-section (1) of section 3, the provisions of this Act, other than section 3, do not apply;" local authority " means any Municipal Council, Urban Council, Town Council or Village Council;" Local Government Service Commission " means the Local Government Service Commission established under the Local Government Service Act, No. 18 of 1969;" scheduled employment " means employment in any trade, industry or business for the time being specified in the Schedule to this Act;" workman " has the same meaning as in the Industrial Disputes Act, but does not include a workman to whom, by virtue of the operation of the provisions of sub-section (1) of section 3, the provisions of this Act, other than section 3, do not apply. |