High Court of the Provinces (Special Provisions) (Amendment) Act 2022

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s 1Short title and date of operation

(1)

This Act may be cited as the High Court of the

Provinces (Special Provisions) (Amendment) Act, No. 35 of 2022.

(2)

The provisions of this Act shall come into operation on such date as the Minister may appoint by Order published in the Gazette.

s 2Amendment of section 5A of Act, No. 19 of 1990

Section 5A of the High Court of the Provinces (Special

Provisions) Act, No. 19 of 1990 is hereby amended as follows: -

(1)

in subsection (1) thereof, by the substitution for the words “District Court or a Family Court”, of the words “District Court, Family Court or Small Claims

Court” and for the words “ District Court or Family

Court”, of the words “of a District Court, of a Family

Court or of a Small Claims Court”;

(2)

in subsection (2) thereof, by the substitution for the words “of a District Court or a Family Court,”, of the words “of a District Court, of a Family Court or of a Small Claims Court,” wherever they occur in that subsection; and

(3)

in the marginal note to that section by the substitution for the words “District Courts and Family

Courts.”, of the words “District Courts, Family Courts and Small Claims Courts.”.

s 3Sinhala text to prevail in case of inconsistency

In the event of any inconsistency between the Sinhala and Tamil texts of this Act, the Sinhala text shall prevail.