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Judicature (Amendment) Act (No. 16 of 1989) - Sect 4

Amendment of section 5 of the principal enactment

4. Section 5 of the principal enactment is hereby amended as follows:
(a) by the repeal of subsection (1) of that section and the substitution therefor, of the following subsection :"
' (1) There shall be in such judicial district of Sri Lanka a " District Court" and in every judicial division there shall be a "Small Claims Court" and " Magistrates' Court" and each such court shall be holden by and before one person to be called the " District Judge ", " Judge of the Small Claims Court" and "Magistrate" respectively.'; and
(b) in the marginal note to that section, by the substitution for the words "District Courts, Family Courts, Magistrates' Courts and Primary Courts", of the words "District Courts, Small Claims Courts and Magistrates' Courts ".


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