11. Insertion of new section 149A in the principal enactment

Official English translation. Where it differs from the Sinhala or Tamil text, the Act itself says which text prevails.

The following new section is hereby inserted immediately after section 149 of the principal enactment and shall have effect as section 149A of that enactment:-

149A. (1) The court may order, two or more actions in which the questions of law or fact in issue are substantially the same, to be consolidated upon such terms as the court may deem fit and on the agreement of Parties.

(2)

The Court may order –

(a)

several actions to be tried at the same time and on the same evidence; or

(b)

the evidence in one action to be used as evidence in another; or

(c)

one of several actions to be tried and other actions to be stayed to abide by the result, with the consent of the parties:

“Consolidation of actions.

Provided that on the application of any party the court shall have power to try another of the actions so stayed where the selected action fails to be a real trial of the issues involved.”.

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