5. Section 8 of the principal enactment is hereby repealed and the following section substituted therefor;
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| | (1) The Judicial Service Commission may appoint as many additional District Judges and Judges of the Family Courts, Magistrates or Judges of the Primary Court to the same District Court, Family Court, Magistrate's Court, and Primary Court respectively as the occasion may require. | | |
| | (2) Every Additional District Judge and Judge of Family Court, Magistrate, or Judge of the Primary Court, appointed to any such Court, shall sit separately and exercise all the powers, or jurisdiction vested in the District Court, Family Court, Magistrate's Court and Primary Court, respectively of that district or division, as the case may be, for which such Additional District Judge and Judge of the Family Court, Magistrate or Judge of the Primary Court, is so appointed.". | | |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts