Judicature (Amendment) Act 2019

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. 5 of 2019.

s 2Amendment of section 45 of Act, No. 2 of 1978

Section 45 of the Judicature Act, No. 2 of 1978 is hereby amended as follows:—

(i)

by the repeal of subsection (2) of that section and the substitution therefor of the following new subsection:—

“(2)The Minister may, from time to time by notice published in the Gazette, appoint such persons as shall be named in such notice to be Justices of the Peace for the Republic of

Sri Lanka or for any administrative district as to the Minister shall seem expedient:

Provided however, where any appointment of any Justice of the Peace has been made prior to the date of coming into operation of this proviso for any zone, district or division, such appointment shall be deemed to have been made for the relevant administrative district containing the Divisional Secretary’s

Division within which the residence of such

Justice of the Peace was situated at the time of appointment for such zone, district or division.”;

(ii)

by the insertion of the following new subsection immediately after subsection (2):—

“(2A) For the purposes of this section

“administrative district” shall mean an administrative district established under the

Administrative Districts Act (Chapter 392).”;

(iii)

by the insertion of the following subsection immediately after subsection (5):—

“(6) The Minister may make regulations for the suspension, cancellation and termination of office of a Justice of the Peace.”.

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.