Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts Sri Lanka Consolidated ActsEstablishment of High Courts, District Courts and Magistrates' Courts
| 16. The Minister may, by Order published in the Gazette, establish within each zone one Court to be called " The High Court " of such zone, within each district one Court to be called " The District Court " of such district, and within each division one Court to be called " The Magistrate's Court " of such division. Each such court shall be held by one Judge who shall be called " High Court Judge ", " District Judge " or " Magistrate " as the case may be. Each court so constituted shall be held at such convenient place or places within such zone, district or division as the Minister shall, by regulation, from time to time appoint: Provided that nothing in this section shall be construed to restrict or curtail the power possessed by every Judge to hold court at any convenient spot within his territorial jurisdiction. |