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| (1) The President of the Appellate Court may, from time to time, with the concurrence of the Minister of Justice, make rules of Court for regulating generally the practice and procedure of the Appellate Court including-
| | (a) rules as to the persons practising before the Appellate Court; | | |
| | (b) rules as to the procedure for hearing appeals and other matters pertaining to appeals including the time within which appeals to the Appellate Court are to be entered; | | |
| | (c) rules as to the costs of and incidental to any proceedings in the Appellate Court and as to the fees to be charged in respect of proceedings therein; | | |
| | (d) rules as to the granting of bail; | | |
| | (e) rules as to stay of proceedings and the disposal of productions; | | |
| | (f) rules providing for the summary determination of any appeal or application which appears to the Appellate Court to be frivolous or vexatious or brought for the purpose of delay. | | |
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| (2) All persons shall comply with any requirements of such rules of Court so far as they affect such persons, and compliance with such rules may be enforced by order of the Appellate Court. |
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| (3) Every rule of Court shall be published in the Gazette and shall come into operation on the date of such publication, or on such later date as may be specified in such rule. |
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| (4) All rules of Court made under this Act shall, as soon as convenient after their publication in the Gazette, be brought before the House of Representatives for approval. Any such rule which is not so approved shall be deemed to be rescinded as from the date of disapproval, but without prejudice to anything previously done thereunder. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts