3. of section 5 of the principal enactment
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Section 5 of the principal enactment is hereby amended as follows :—
by the repeal of subsection (1) thereof and the substitution therefor, of the following subsection :—
‘(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 other written law, and in every judicial division there shall be a “Mazyistrate’s
Court” and a “Primary Court” and each such
Court shall be holden by and before a person to be called the “ District Judge and Judge of the Family
Court”, “ Magistrate” and “ Judge of the Primary
Court” respectively.’ ; and
by the repeal of subsection (2) of that section.