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| (1) Subject to the provisions of sub-section (2), every relevant power, duty and function conferred and imposed on, and assigned to, the Registrar under the principal enactment shall be deemed to have been and to be, validly so conferred, so imposed and so assigned, and accordingly-
| | (a) every relevant reference made to the Registrar, whether before or on or after the appointed date; and | | |
| | (b) every relevant act or thing done by, and all relevant proceedings held or taken by or before, the Registrar in the matter of any such reference or in any other circumstances whatsoever, whether before or on or after the appointed date, | | |
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| (2) Nothing in the provisions of sub-section (1) shall be deemed or construed to validate any relevant act or thing done by, or any relevant proceedings held or taken by or before, the Registrar in the matter of any relevant reference made to him, or in any other circumstances whatsoever, if, but only if, such act or thing, or such proceedings, was or were subsequently held by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid on the ground that any relevant power, duty or function not having been validly conferred or imposed on, or assigned to, the Registrar under the principal enactment, the Registrar had no jurisdiction to do such act or thing, or to hold or take such proceedings : |
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| (3) Where any relevant act or thing done by, and any relevant proceedings held or taken by or before, the Registrar prior to the appointed date in the matter of any relevant reference is not validated by sub-section (1) by virtue of the operation of subsection (2), then, such reference shall be deemed to be a relevant reference made de novo to the Registrar on that date, and accordingly any relevant act or thing may be done by, and any relevant proceedings may be held or taken by or before, the Registrar de novo under the provisions of the principal enactment as modified by this Act in the matter of such reference. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts