The Constitution of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
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CHAPTER XV
THE JUDICIARY
105. (1) Subject to the provisions of the
Constitution, the institutions for the administration of
justice which protect, vindicate and enforce the rights
of the People shall be –
(a)
the Supreme Court of the Republic of
Sri Lanka,
(b)
the Court of Appeal of the Republic of
Sri Lanka,
(c)
the High Court of the Republic of Sri
Lanka and such other Courts of First
Instance, tribunals or such institutions as
Parliament may from time to time ordain
and establish.
(2) All courts, tribunals and institutions created
and established by existing written law for the
administration of justice and for the adjudication and
settlement of industrial and other disputes, other than the
Supreme Court, shall be deemed to be courts, tribunals
and institutions created and established by Parliament.
Parliament may replace or abolish, or amend the powers,
duties, jurisdiction and procedure of, such courts,
tribunals and institutions.
(3) The Supreme Court of the Republic of Sri
Lanka and the Court of Appeal of the Republic of Sri
Lanka shall each be a superior court of record and shall
have all the powers of such court including the power to
punish for contempt of itself, whether committed in the
court itself or elsewhere, with imprisonment or fine or
both as the court may deem fit. The power of the Court
of Appeal shall include the power to punish for contempt
of any other court, tribunal or institution referred to in
paragraph (1)(c) of this Article, whether committed in
the presence of such court or elsewhere:
Establishment
of Courts, & c.
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