2. Amendment of section 5A of Act…

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

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.”.

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