View All - 1971 Acts Section No : Acts & Ordinances COURT OF APPEALMarginal Notes1. This Act may be cited as the Court of Appeal Act, No. 44 of 1971, and shall come into operation on such date as the Minister of Justice may appoint by Order published in the Gazette, hereinafter in this Act referred to as the " appointed date ".2. Establishment of Court of Appeal.3. Constitution of the Appellate Court. 4. Appointment of Judges of the Appellate Court. 5. Salaries of the Judges of the Appellate Court. 6. Acting appointments to Appellate Court. 7. Oath or affirmation of office by Judges of the Appellate Court. 8. Jurisdiction of the Appellate Court. 9. Reference to the Appellate Court. 10. Enforcement of decisions of the Appellate Court. 11. Staff of the Appellate Court. 12. Seal of the Appellate Court. 13. Rules of Court. 14. Repeal of the Appeals (Privy Council) Ordinance (Chapter 100). 15. Amendment of the Criminal Procedure Code (Chapter 20). 16. Amendment of the Courts Ordinance (Chapter 6). 17. Amendment of the Court of Criminal Appeal Ordinance (Chapter 7). 18. Abolition of the right of appeal to Her Majesty in Council. 19. Appeals or petitions pending before the Privy Council. 20. Saving of the jurisdiction of Her Majesty in Council. 21. The provisions of this Act to be regarded as amendments to the Ceylon (Constitution and Independence) Orders in Council, 1946 and 1947. 22. Interpretation.