Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts Sri Lanka Consolidated ActsRetrospective effect of amendments
| 16.The amendments made to the principal enactment by the preceding provisions of this Act, shall be deemed for all purposes to have come into operation on the date of coining into operation of the principal enactment and such provisions shall apply to all prosecutions, proceeding or matters pending in any court of first instance or pending in any other court whether in appeal or otherwise. |