Press briefing of Cabinet Decision taken on 2022-07-04

Judicature (Amendment) Bill

- Approval of the Cabinet has been granted at its meeting held on 2021‑06‑14 to amend the Judicature Act, No.2 of 1978 for the establishment of Small Claims Courts with a separate law, introducing a special procedure for those Courts. Accordingly, clearance of the Attorney General has been received for the Bill drafted by the Legal Draftsman. As such, the proposal made by the Minister of Justice, Prison Affairs and Constitutional Reforms, to publish the said Bill in the Government Gazette and thereafter present the same in Parliament, for approval, was approved by the Cabinet.