Judicature (Amendment) Act 2017

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

Official translationFrom Department of Government Printing, unchanged

s 1Short title

This Act may be cited as the Judicature (Amendment)

Act, No. 26 of 2017.

s 2Amendment of section 4 of Act, No. 2 of 1978

Section 4 of the Judicature Act, No. 2 of 1978 is hereby amended by the repeal of paragraph (a) of that section and the substitution therefor of the following paragraph:—

“(a)

not less than ten and not more than one hundred and ten judges, each of whom shall be known as a

“Judge of the High Court”;”.

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.