Sri Lanka Railways Authority (Repeal) Act 2005

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s 1Short title

This Act may be cited as the Sri Lanka Railways

Authority (Repeal) Act, No. 3 of 2005.

s 2Repeal of Act, No. 60 of 1993

The Sri Lanka Railways Authority Act, No. 60 of 1993, is hereby repealed.

s 3Transitional provisions

(1)

Notwithstanding the repeal of the Sri Lanka

Railways Authority Act, No. 60 of 1993 by section 2, all moneys lying, on the date of commencement of this Act, to the credit of the Sri Lanka Railways Authority established by the Sri Lanka Railways Authority Act, No. 60 of 1993 shall, with effect from such date, stand transferred to the

Consolidated Fund.

(2)

(a)

All proceedings instituted in any court or tribunal by or against the Sri Lanka Railways Authority established under the repealed Act and pending on the day preceding the date of commencement of this Act, shall be deemed, with effect from the date of commencement of this Act, to be proceedings instituted by or against the Railways Department and be proceeded with accordingly.

(b)

All judgments, decrees or orders entered by any court or tribunal, in favour of, or against, the Sri Lanka Railways

Authority shall be deemed with effect from the date of commencement of this Act, to be judgments, decrees or orders entered in favour of, or against the Railways Department and shall be enforced accordingly.

s 4The State Lands (Recovery of Possession) Act, No. 7 of 1979 and the Railways Ordinance (Chapter 200) deemed to have been in operation

From and after the date of commencement of this Act, the provisions of the Railways Ordinance (Chapter 200) and the State Lands (Recovery of Possession) Act, No. 7 of 1979

shall for all purposes, be deemed to be and to have been, in operation as if the same had not been amended by the Sri

Lanka Railways Authority Act, No. 60 of 1993 and shall continue to be the law governing the subject of Railways.

s 5Revocation of paragraph (1) of the Order made under section 1 of the Sri Lanka Railways Authority Act No. 60 of 1993

Paragraph (1) of the Order made under section 1 of the

Sri Lanka Railways Authority Act, No. 60 of 1993 and published in Gazette Extraordinary No. 1298/22 of 23.07.2003 is hereby revoked.

s 6Sinhala 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.