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| (1) Subject to the provisions of subsection (2), every Quazi or Board of Quazis who or which had been appointed by the Minister under the Muslim Marriage and Divorce Act (hereinafter referred to as the "principal Act") before the date of commencement of the Muslim Marriage and Divorce (Amendment) Act, No. 1 of 1965, shall be deemed to have been valid and accordingly-
| | (a) any power, act or duty exercised, done or per- formed under the provisions of the principal Act by any such Quazi or Board of Quazis, or | | |
| | (b) any order in any proceedings under the provisions of the principal Act made by any such Quazi or Board, or | | |
| | (c) any order in any appeal under the provisions of the principal Act made by any such Board, | | |
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| (2) Nothing in subsection (1) shall be deemed to have affected the decision of the two Judges of the Supreme Court in the case of K. S. S. Jailabdeen vs. A. R. Danina Umma (S. C. 2/1962-Quazi Court, Colombo South, No. 626) quashing the order of maintenance made by the Quazi in such case. |
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| (3) The preceding provisions of this section shall for all purposes and in all respects be as valid and effectual as though those provisions were in an Act for the amendment of the Ceylon (Constitution) Order in Council, 1946, enacted by Parliament after compliance with the requirement imposed by the proviso of sub section (4) of section 29 of that Order in Council. |
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