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| (1) Subject to the other provisions of this section, the enactments specified in the Third Schedule are hereby repealed as respects Ceylon, and accordingly shall cease to operate as part of the law of Ceylon. |
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| (2) The repeals effected by sub-section (1) of this section shall not affect the operation in Ceylon of the Fugitive Offenders Act, 1870, of the United Kingdom, in any case where, before the appointed date, a warrant endorsed under section 8 of that Act, or a provisional warrant Issued under section 8 of this Act, has been executed in Ceylon: |
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| (3) Without prejudice to the operation of subsection (2) of this section, this Act shall apply to offences committed before as well as on or after the appointed date. |
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