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Civil Courts Procedure (Special Provisions) Law (No. 19 of 1977) - Sect 4

Civil Procedure Code deemed to have been in operation

4.
(1) The provisions of the Civil Procedure Code shall for all purposes, be deemed to be, and to have been, in operation as if the same had not been repealed and shall continue to be the law governing the procedure and practice in all civil courts.
(2) The provisions of the Civil Procedure Code shall apply to all actions, applications and other matters before a Magistrate's Court in the exercise of its civil jurisdiction as If such Magistrate's Court were a Court of Requests referred to in the Civil Procedure Code, and accordingly every reference in such Code to a Court of Requests, Commissioner, and a Chief Clerk, shall be read and construed as a reference to a Magistrate's Court, a Magistrate, and a Registrar of such Court respectively.


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