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| (1) Where there was, on the day immediately prior to the appointed date, any suit or action or appeal or application, whether by way of writ or otherwise, pending before the Supreme Court
| | (a) in respect of any relevant act or thing done, or any relevant document submitted to, or any proceedings taken by or before, the Commissioner; or | | |
| | (b) in respect of any decision made by a Board of Review on any appeal under the principal Act, | | |
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| (2) Where there was, on the day immediately prior to the appointed date, any proceedings under section 21 of the principal Act pending before a Magistrate's Court, then, any question which arises at the hearing of such proceedings as to the validity or otherwise of any relevant act or thing done, or any relevant document submitted to, or any proceedings taken by or before, the Commissioner shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of the principal Act as modified by this Act, and accordingly, for the purpose of such determination, the modifications made in the principal Act by this Act shall be deemed to have come into force on the day immediately prior to the date on which such act or thing was so done, or such document was so submitted, or such proceedings were so taken. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts