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| (1) Every action, application or other matter pending in any civil court, original or appellate, on the day immediately preceding the appointed date shall be continued and proceeded with to final judgment, completion and execution as If such action, application or other matter had been Instituted, or made under the provisions of the Civil Procedure Code. |
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| (2) Every application, matter or thing pending and incomplete before the Public Trustee under the provisions of the Administration of Justice Law repealed by this Law shall be continued and completed to final determination and execution as If the same had been made or instituted under the provisions of the Civil Procedure Code. |
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| (3)All civil actions, proceedings or matters in which the debt, damage, demand or claim exceeds five hundred rupees or the value of the movable and immovable property or the particular snare, right or interest in dispute exceeds five hundred rupees and pending in a Magistrate's Court on the day preceding the appointed date shall stand removed to the District Court of the district within which such Magistrate's Court is situated. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts