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| (1) No application made to, or final judgment, or order having the effect of a final judgment, pronounced or made by, a Magistrate's Court under Part V of the principal enactment during the period commencing on July 2, 1979, and ending on the day immediately preceding the date of commencement of this Act, shall be deemed to be, or to have been, invalid by reason only of the fact that such application was made to, or final judgment, or order having the effect of a final judgment, was pronounced or made by, a Magistrate's Court. |
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| (2) With effect from the date of commencement of this Act, every application made to a Magistrate's Court under Part V ,of the principal enactment and pending in such Court on the day immediately preceding the date of commencement of this Act, shall stand removed to the District Court of the district in which the division of such Magistrate's Court is situated. |
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| (3) Every final judgment, or order having the effect of a final judgment, pronounced or made by a Magistrate's Court under Part V of the principal enactment during the period commencing on July 2, 1979, and ending on the day immediately preceding the date of commencement ,of this Act shall be deemed for all purposes to be, and to have been, a final judgment, or order having the effect of a final judgment, pronounced or made by a District Court under Part V of the principal enactment, as amended by this Act, and may be executed of' given effect to accordingly. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts