Civil Procedure Code (Amendment) Law (No. 20 of 1977)

Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts

Amendment of section 5 of the Civil Procedure Code. (Chapter 101.)

2. Section 5 of the Civil Procedure Code, herein-after referred to as the " principal enactment ", is hereby amended as follows: -

(1) by the omission of the definition of " Attorney-General" and the substitution therefor, of the following new definition: -

(2) by the omission of the definition of " chief clerk" or "clerk";

(3) by the omission of the definition of "Her Majesty" or "the Queen";

(4) by the omission of the definition of "Judge" and the substitution therefor, of the following new definition:-

(5) by the insertion, immediately after the definition of " judgment-debtor ", of the following new definition:-

(6) by the omission of the definition of "public officer" and the insertion of the following definition: -

(7) by the insertion, immediately after the definition of 'recognized agent", of the following new definition:-

(8) by the omission of the definition of ''secretary" and the substitution therefor, of the following new definition: -

(9) by the omission of the definition of "the Governor-General"; and

(10) by the omission of the definition of "the Island" and " this Island" and the substitution therefor, of the following new definition: -