Constitution of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka · 2023 Revised Edition · Chapter XV · The Judiciary
109. Acting appointments
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If the Chief Justice or the President of the
Court of Appeal is temporarily unable to exercise, perform and discharge the powers, duties and functions of his office, by reason of illness, absence from Sri Lanka or any other cause the President shall, 96[on the approval of the
Constitutional Council,] appoint another Judge of the
Supreme Court, or of the Court of Appeal, as the case may be, to act in the office of Chief Justice, or the President of the Court of Appeal, respectively, during such period.
If any Judge of the Supreme Court or of the
Court of Appeal is temporarily unable to exercise, perform and discharge the powers, duties and functions of his office, by reason of illness, absence from Sri Lanka or 95 - Substituted by the Twentieth Amendment to the Constitution Sec. 22.
96 - Substituted by the Twenty First Amendment to the Constitution Sec. 13(1).
any other cause, the President may, 97[on the approval of the Constitutional Council,] appoint another Judge to act as a Judge of the Supreme Court or Court of Appeal, as the case may be, during such period.]
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