Bribery (Amendment) Act (No. 9 of 1980)

Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts

Amendment of section 31 of the principal enactment

20. Section 39 of the principal enactment as amended Act No. 2 of 1965 is hereby further amended as follows:-

(a) in subsection (2) of that section by the substitution-

	(i) for the words " such District Court determine for an order," of the High "Court for an order, " ; and

	(ii) for the expression " that District Court shall upon application", of the expression " the High Court shall upon application"; and

	(iii) for the expression " as if the order were a decree entered by that District Court" of the expression " as if the order were a decree entered by a District Court".

(b)in subsection (3) of that section by the substitution, for the expression " a District Court", of the expression " the High Court"; and

(c)in subsection (4) of that section by the substitution, for the expression " a District Court", of the expression " the High Court";