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| (1) It shall be lawful, as occasion may require, to appoint more than one Judge to the same court. It shall also be lawful to appoint any District Judge or Magistrate to have concurrent jurisdiction with any other District Judge or Magistrate over any district or division or any part thereof respectively. |
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| (2) Whenever any additional Judge is appointed to any court, he shall sit separately, for the purpose of exercising the jurisdiction vested in such court. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts