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| REVISED EDITION OF THE LEGISLATIVE ENACTMENTS |
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AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE PREPARATION AND PUBLICATION OF A REVISED EDITION OF THE LEGISLATIVE ENACTMENTS OF CEYLON.
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[1st February
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Short title.
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1. This Act may be cited as the Revised Edition of the Legislative Enactments Act.
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Appointment of commissioner.
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(1) The Honourable Hema Henry Basnayake, Chief Justice, is hereby appointed a Commissioner for the purpose of preparing a new and revised edition of the legislative enactments of Ceylon in force on the 31st day of December, 1954, or such later date * as the Governor-General may fix by proclamation published in the Gazette.
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(2) In case the said Honourable Hema Henry Basnayake is unable from any cause fully to discharge his commission under this Act, the Governor-General may appoint some other fit and proper person to be a Commissioner in his stead.
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(3) For the purposes of this section, any Act or Ordinance or part of any Act or Ordinance which has been passed on or after the 1st day of July, 1938, and which has not been repealed, shall be deemed to be in force although such Act or Ordinance or part thereof has not been brought into operation.
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Powers of revision vested in the Commissioner.
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3. In the preparation of the revised edition, the Commissioner shall have the following powers :-
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(1) to omit-
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(a) any legislative enactment which has been repealed expressly or by necessary implication, or which has expired, has become spent, or has had its effect;
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