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Judicature (Amendment) Act (No. 71 of 1981) - Sect 3

Amendment of section 5 of the principal enactment. [3, 71 of 1981]

3. Section 5 of the principal enactment is hereby amended as follows :
(a) by the repeal of subsection (1) thereof and the substitution therefor, of the following subsection:
'(1) There shall be in each judicial district of Sri Lanka a " District Court" which shall be deemed to be the " Family Court" when exercising the jurisdiction vested in a Family Court under this Act or any other written law, and in every judicial division there shall be a " Magistrate's Court" and a " Primary Court " and each such Court shall be holden by and before a person to be called the " District Judge and Judge of the Family Court"," Magistrate " and " Judge of the Primary Court" respectively.'; and
(b) by the repeal of subsection (2) of that section.


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