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| | (a) The British Courts Probates (Resealing) Ordinance, the Courts Ordinance, the Court of Criminal Appeal Ordinance, the Ceylon Courts of Admiralty Ordinance, the Court of Appeal Act, the Criminal Procedure Code, the Destruction of Valueless Documents Ordinance, the Fiscals Ordinance, the Law Society Ordinance, the Legal Practitioners Ordinance, the Rural Courts Ordinance, the Supreme Court Appeals (Special Provisions) Act and the Supreme 'Court (Vacation.) Ordinance are hereby. | | |
| | (b) Sections 516 to 554, sections 712 to 744, sections 753 to 778 and sections 801 to 833A of the Civil Procedure Code and sections 19 to 21 and sections 26 to 36 of the Public Trustee Ordinance are hereby repealed. | | |
| | (c) Such of the provisions of the Ceylon (Parliamentary Elections) Order in Council 1946, the Prevention of Crimes Ordinance and the Probation of Offenders Ordinance as are inconsistent with the provisions of this Law shall be deemed to be repealed. | | |
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| (2) Unless and until rules are made under this Law all rules in force immediately before the appointed date relating to the exercise of jurisdiction of courts established under the several enactments repealed by this Law shall mutatis mutandis apply to the exercise of jurisdiction by the court vested with such jurisdiction under this Law. |
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| (3) Every reference in any other existing written law to a court or to a Judge thereof shall be so read and construed as to give effect to the principles and provisions of this Law. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts