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| (1) Where there was, on the day immediately prior to the appointed date, any suit or action or appeal or application, whether by way of writ or otherwise,
| | (a) pending before the Supreme Court in respect of any relevant act or thing done, or any relevant reference made to, or any relevant proceedings taken by or before, the Registrar or any arbitrator; or | | |
| | (b) pending before a District Court or a Magistrate in respect of any relevant act or thing done by the Registrar or any arbitrator, | | |
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| (2) Where, prior to the appointed date, any certificate issued by the Registrar under section 53A of the principal enactment to a District Court or Magistrate in consequence of any other relevant act or thing done by the Registrar or any arbitrator was refused or rejected, or no action or proceedings as provided by that section was taken on that certificate, by that Court or Magistrate, as the case may be, on the ground that the "Registrar, or such arbitrator, as the case may be, had 120 jurisdiction to do such other act or thing, then such certificate shall be deemed to be a certificate issued de novo to that Court or Magistrate on that date under the provisions of that enactment as modified by this Act, and shall be determined and dealt with by that Court accordingly. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts