ACT, No. 31 OF 2007

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PARLIAMENT OF THE DEMOCRATIC
SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF
SRI LANKA
JUDICATURE (AMENDMENT)
ACT, No. 31 OF 2007
[Certified on 08th August, 2007]
Printed on the Order of Government
Published as a Supplement to Part II of the Gazette of the Democratic
Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka of August 10, 2007
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Judicature (Amendment) Act, No. 31 of 2007 1
[Certified on 08th August, 2007]
L.D.—O. 11/2007.
ANACT TO AMEND THE JUDICATURE ACT, NO. 2 OF 1978
BE it enacted by the Parliament of the Democratic Socialist
Republic of Sri Lanka as follows :—
1. This Act may be cited as the Judicature (Amendment) Short title and
Act, No. 31 of 2007 and shall come into operation on such date of opera-
tion.
date as the Minister may appoint by Order published in the
Gazette.
2. Section 4 of the Judicature Act, No. 2 of 1978 is Amendment of
hereby amended by the substitution for the words “not more section 4 of Act
No.2 of 1978.
than forty Judges.” of the words “not more than sixty Judges.”.
3. In the event of any inconsistency between the Sinhala Sinhala text to
and Tamil texts of this Act, the Sinhala text shall prevail. prevail in case of
inconsistency.
2 —PL 002161—4,350 (06/2007)

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