Judicature (Amendment) Act 2022 · As enacted
3. Replacement of section 5 of the principal enactment
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
Section 5 of the principal enactment is hereby repealed and the following section is substituted therefor: -
5. (1) There shall be in each judicial district of Sri Lanka a “District Court” which shall be deemed to be the “Family Court” when exercising the jurisdiction vested in a Family
Court under this Act or any written law, and which shall be deemed to be the “Small Claims
Court” when exercising the jurisdiction vested in a Small Claims Court under this Act or any other written law, and in every judicial division there shall be a “Magistrate’s Court” and a
“Primary Court” and, each such Court shall be holden by and before a person to be called the
“District Judge”, “Judge of the Family Court”,
“Judge of the Small Claims Court”,
“Magistrate” and “Judge of the Primary Court”
respectively.
Each Court referred to in subsection (1)
may be held at such convenient place or places within such judicial district or division, as the case may be, as the Minister shall, by regulation from time to time appoint:
Provided that nothing in this section shall be construed to restrict or curtail the power possessed by every Judge to hold the Court at any convenient place within his territorial jurisdiction.”.