Civil Courts Procedure (Special Provisions) Law (No. 19 of 1977)

Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts

Amendment of the Administration of Justice Law

2. The Administration of Justice Law is hereby amended as follows: -

(1) in section 3, by the omission in paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of that section, of the following: -

	(a) the expression " the Civil Procedure Code."; and

	(b) the expression " the Destruction of Valueless Documents Ordinance,";

(2) by the insertion, immediately after section 26 thereof, of the following new section :-

	26A. IF any action or suit be condensed in a District Court for any debt, damage or demand which might have been recovered in a Magistrate's Court, for the plaintiff if successful shall not by reason thereof be entitled to any costs whatsoever but it shall be competent to the court to make an order as to costs as justice may require.";

(3) In section 80 thereof by the repeal of subsection (1) of that section and the substitution therefor of the following new subsection: -

	"(1) A Magistrate's Court shall, within Its division, have original jurisdiction to hear and determine all actions, proceedings or matters in which the debt, damage, demand or claim does not exceed five hundred rupees, or the value of the movable or immovable property or the particular share, right or interest in dispute does not exceed five hundred rupees.": and

(4) by the repeal of Chapters III, V and VI thereof.