The Constitution of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
(10) all election petition proceedings relating to the
election of any person to the
of the
State Assembly pending in the High
Courts established under the Administration of
Justice Law, No. 44 of 1973, on the day
preceding the commencement of the Constitution
shall stand removed to the Court of Appeal and
the Court of Appeal shall have the same
jurisdiction to take cognizance of, hear and
determine or to continue and complete the same,
and the judgements and orders of the Supreme
Court established by the Administration of Justice
Law, No. 44 of 1973, and of the High Courts
aforesaid delivered or made before the
commencement of the Constitution in such election
petition proceedings shall have the same force and
effect as if they had been delivered or made by the
Supreme Court and the Court of Appeal established
by the Constitution, as the case may be. The
President of the Court of Appeal is hereby vested
with the power to nominate a Judge of the Court of
Appeal to hear and determine any election petition
in respect of which the Court of Appeal is vested
with jurisdiction by the Constitution;
(11) all attorneys-at-law admitted and enrolled or
deemed to have been admitted and enrolled as
attorneys- at-law under the provisions of the
Administration of Justice Law, No. 44 of 1973,
shall subject to the provisions of the Constitution
be deemed to have been admitted and enrolled as
attorneys-at-law of the Supreme Court created and
established by the Constitution;
(12) after the date fixed by the Minister in charge of
the subject of Justice, by Order published in the
Gazette, no attorney-at-law shall be entitled to
represent any party to a
or be given the
right of audience in any court, tribunal or other
institution until or unless he has taken and
subscribed the oath or made and subscribed the
affirmation set out in the Fourth Schedule, before
a Judge of the Supreme Court, Court of Appeal,
High Court or any other judicial officer as
defined in Article 114; and it shall be the duty of
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