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| (1) The President of the Republic of Sri Lanka and the officers (whether holding office permanently or temporarily) enumerated in the Schedule hereto shall be ex officio Justices of the Peace for the Republic of Sri Lanka or for such portion thereof respectively as is indicated in the said Schedule. |
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| (2) The Minister may, from time to time by notice in the Gazette, appoint persons to be Justice of the Peace for the Republic of Sri Lanka, or for such zones, districts or divisions as to the Minister shall seem expedient. |
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| (3) The Minister may, from time to time by notice in the Gazette, appoint any Justice of the Peace to be an Unofficial Magistrate for any division or divisions, and any Justice of the Peace so appointed shall have all the powers and authority vested by this Law in Magistrates' Courts, except the power to hear, try, or determine civil or criminal cases. |
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| (4) Every Justice of the Peace and every Unofficial Magistrate shall make and subscribe an oath or affirmation of office in such form as may be determined by the Minister, before a High Court Judge, District Judge or Magistrate, and every such Judge is hereby empowered and required, upon application in that behalf, to administer the same, and to enter in the records of his court that the said oath or affirmation was duly administered and taken before him, and forthwith to transmit a copy of every such entry to the Registrar of the Supreme Court to be entered in the records of that court. |
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| (5) All Unofficial Magistrates and Justices of the Peace appointed under the Courts Ordinance shall be deemed to be Unofficial Magistrates and Justices of the Peace, as the case may be, appointed under this Law. |
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