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AN ACT TO AMEND THE JUDICATURE ACT, NO. 2 OF 1978
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BE it enacted by the Parliament of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka as follows : –
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[4th October
, 1983 ]
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Short title.
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1. This Act may be cited as the Judicature (Amendment) Act, No. 35 of 1983.
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Replacement of section 4 of Act No. 2 of 1978.
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2. Section 4 of the Judicature Act, No. 2 of 1978 (herein- after referred to as ” the principal enactment”) is hereby repealed and the following section substituted therefor : –
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Composition of the High Court.
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4. The High Court of the Republic of Sri Lanka shall be a Court of record and shall consist of
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(a) not less than ten and not more than twenty, Judges, each of whom shall be known as a ” Judge of the High Court” ;
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(b) such Commissioners of the High Court as are appointed under Article 111A of the Constitution.’.
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Amendment of section 6 of the principal enactment.
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3. Section 6 of the principal enactment is hereby amended by the repeal of subsection (3) of that section and the substitution therefor, of the following subsection :
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” (3) The age of retirement of a Judge of the High Court (other than a Commissioner of the High Court appointed under Article 111A of the Constitution) shall be sixty-one years.”.
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Amendment of section 17 of the principal enactment.
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4. Section 17 of the principal enactment is hereby amended by the substitution, for the words ” as specified in such writing.”, of the words ” as specified in such writing. Every Commissioner of the High Court appointed under Article 111A of the Constitution shall exercise such jurisdiction of the High Court within the judicial zone specified in his warrant of appointment.”.
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