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| (1) Subject to the provisions of sub-section (3), every Board of Review appointed by the Minister under sub-section (1) of section 59 of the principal Act prior to the amendment of that Act by Act No. 11 of 1964, a Panel, from which Boards of Review are constituted under the principal Act, appointed by the Minister by Order under sub-section (1) of section 59 of the principal Act, subsequent to such amendment, and every Board of Review so constituted by the selection of a person or persons from such Panel under sub-section (7) of that section, whether before or on or after the appointed date, shall be deemed to have been, and to be, validly appointed and constituted, and accordingly
| | (a) any appeal made to any such Board of Review under that Act, whether before or on or after the appointed date: | | |
| | (b) any proceedings taken on such appeal, whether before or on or after the appointed date; or | | |
| | (c) any decision made by any such Board of Review under that Act on such appeal, whether before or on or after the appointed date, | | |
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| (2) Nothing in sub-section (1) shall be deemed or construed to validate any decision of a Board of Review under the principal Act on any appeal if, but only if, such decision was prior to the appointed date held by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid on the ground that, not having been validly constituted, such Board of Review had no jurisdiction in the matter of such appeal: |
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| (3) Where any decision of a Board of Review on any appeal made to it under the principal Act is not validated by sub-section (1) by virtue of the operation of sub-section (2), then, such appeal shall be deemed to be an appeal made de novo to such Board of Review on the appointed date, and accordingly may be entertained, heard and decided de novo by such Board of Review under the principal Act as modified by this Act. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts