Judicature (Amendment) Act 2022 · As enacted
6. Amendment of section 8 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 8 of the principal enactment is hereby amended by the repeal of subsections (1) and (2) thereof and the substitution therefor, of the following: -
“(1) The Judicial Service Commission may appoint as many additional District Judges,
Additional Judges of the Family Court, Additional
Judges of the Small Claims Court, Additional
Magistrates or Additional Judges of the Primary Court to the same District Court, Family Court, Small Claims
Court, Magistrate’s Court, and Primary Court respectively as the occasion may require.
“Appointment of the Pre-Trial Judge
Every Additional District Judge, Additional
Judge of the Family Court, Additional Judge of the
Small Claims Court, Additional Magistrate, or
Additional Judge of the Primary Court appointed to any such Court, shall sit separately and exercise all the powers and the jurisdiction vested in the District
Court, Family Court, Small Claims Court,
Magistrate’s Court and Primary Court, respectively, of that district or division, as the case may be, for which such Additional District Judge, Additional
Judge of the Family Court, Additional Judge of the
Small Claims Court, Additional Magistrate or
Additional Judge of the Primary Court, is so appointed.”.