164 The Constitution of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka No court or tribunal or institution shall have jurisdiction to determine the question whether a person is a judicial officer within the meaning of the Constitution but such question shall be determined by the Judicial Service Commission whose decision thereon shall be final and conclusive. No act of such person or proceeding held before such person, prior to such determination, shall be, deemed to be invalid by reason of such determination; “law” means any Act of Parliament and any law enacted legislature by commencement of the Constitution and includes an Order in Council; “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, perform and discharge powers, duties and functions corresponding to or similar to the powers, duties and functions exercised, performed and discharged by any such Council; “public corporation” means any corporation, board or other body which was or is established by or under any written law other than the Companies Ordinance, with funds or capital wholly or partly provided by the Government by way of grant, loan or otherwise; 155 [“public officer” means a person who holds any paid office under the Republic, other than a judicial officer but does not include – (a) the President; (b) the Prime Minister; (c) the Speaker; (d) a Minister appointed under Article 44 or 45; (e) a Deputy Minister appointed under Article 46; (f) a Member of Parliament; (g) a member of the Parliamentary Council; (h) a member of the Judicial Service Commission; 155 - Substituted by the Twentieth Amendment to the Constitution Sec. 57.