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Part III · General Provisions

22. Savings and transitional provisions

Official English translation. Where it differs from the Sinhala or Tamil text, the Act itself says which text prevails.

Notwithstanding the repeal of the Reciprocal

Enforcement of Judgments Ordinance (Chapter 94) (in this section referred to as the “repealed Ordinance”)-

(a)

every Order made under section 6 of the repealed

Ordinance and in force on the day immediately preceding the appointed date shall be valid and effectual in respect of the judgments of the courts declared in such Order, until an Order is made under section 2 of this Act extending the provisions of this Act to the judgments of the corresponding courts;

(b)

all applications filed and proceedings instituted under the repealed Ordinance and pending on the day immediately preceding the appointed date shall be proceeded with and concluded under the provisions of the repealed Ordinance; and

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Reciprocal Recognition, Registration and

Enforcement of Foreign Judgments

(c)

all judgments, decrees or orders entered into or made under the repealed Ordinance and remaining unsatisfied either wholly or partially on the day immediately preceding the appointed date shall be proceeded with and concluded under the provisions of the repealed Ordinance.

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