5. Where the President makes an Order under or purporting to be under section 2 of this Act, the provisions of this Act shall apply to any application, action, proceedings or matter in relation to any particular land or any area, pending in any court at the time of publication of such Order and whether or not such application, proceedings or matter had been instituted before or the coming into force of this Act and accordingly
| (a) Court shall be entitled to revoke, alter or modify order previously made or to permit the amend of any pleadings or the taking of any steps any party, or to make such orders as may be necessary in order to comply with or to conform to the provisions of this Act; |
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| (b) any party shall, notwithstanding the provisions of section, 4 of this Act, be entitled to make any application referred to in that section before the expiry of a period of one month of the date of publication of such Order ; and |
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| (c) where any application invoking the jurisdiction vested in the Court of Appeal under Article 140 of the Constitution is pending in such Court at the time of publication of such Order, such application shall stand removed to the Supreme Court and the Supreme Court shall hear and finally dispose of such application within two months of the date of publication of such order. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts