Cap. 652 Art. 2Interpretation.         Cap. 319.  Cap. 595.  Cap. 603.

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires:

"act done in the exercise of a public function" means any act done, or purported to be done by a person within the State administration in the exercise of such person’s function, and includes any omission;

"civil responsibility" includes any finding of responsibility and any order for the payment of damages by a court or a tribunal established by law, including any order for the payment of compensation by a court of constitutional or conventional jurisdiction under Chapter IV of the Constitution of Malta and, or under the European Convention Act;

"judicial proceedings" means proceedings before a court or tribunal in which a claim or an order for payment is made on the basis of civil responsibility;

"public administration" shall have the same meaning assigned to it in article 2 of the Public Administration Act;

"State administration" means any individual employed or otherwise lawfully exercising a public function as part of the executive operations of the Government, of the public administration and of holders of offices established or in respect of which provision is made in the Constitution; (RESPONSIBILITY)

"State Advocate" means the State Advocate as established in the State Advocate Act.