Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts Sri Lanka Consolidated ActsCouncil to authorize any member or officer to institute or defend action
| 77. A Development Council may, by resolution, authorize any member or any officer, either generally or in respect of any particular matter, to institute or defend on behalf of the Council, proceedings before any court of summary jurisdiction or to appear on behalf of the Council before such court in any proceedings instituted by, or on behalf of, or against the Council, and any member or officer so authorized shall be entitled to institute or defend such proceedings, and, notwithstanding anything contained in the Judicature Act, No. 2 of 1978, to conduct any such proceedings although he is not an attorney at law. |