Judicature (Amendment) Act 2007

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 and date of opera-tion

This Act may be cited as the Judicature (Amendment)

Act, No. 31 of 2007 and shall come into operation on such date as the Minister may appoint by Order published in the

Gazette.

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 substitution for the words “not more than forty Judges.” of the words “not more than sixty Judges.”.

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.