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CEYLON GOVT. GAZETTE
Construction
of written
law.
Power of Parliament to legislate on matters referred to in ss. 88 and 89 of this Order.
Revocation.
EXTRAORDINARY
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MAY 17, 1946
89. Subject to the provisions of any Proclamation made under Section 88 of this Order-
(a) every reference in any written law in force on the date of the first meeting of the House of Representatives under this Order to the Legislative Council or to the State Council shall, on and after that date and until Parliament otherwise provides, be read and construed as a reference to the House of Representatives;
(b) every reference in any written law aforesaid to an Officer of State, a Minister or an Executive Committee shall, on and after the date of the first meeting of the House of Repre- sentatives under this Order and until Parliament otherwise provides, be read and construed as a reference to the Minister or other authority to whom the particular power, authority or function is assigned under this Order.
90. Nothing contained in Sections 88 and 89 of this Order shall affect the passing by Parliament of any law relating to the vesting or the exercise of any of the powers, authorities or functions to which those Sections refer.
91. The existing Orders in Council shall be revoked on the date on which Part III. of this Order comes into operation:
Provided that the preceding provisions of this Section shall not prejudice or affect-
(a) anything lawfully done under any of the Orders aforesaid or the continuance of any legal proceeding begun before the date aforesaid;
(b) the continued operation of any law in force in the Island
immediately before the date aforesaid;
(c) the continued operation, until the date on which Part II. of this Order comes into operation, of those provisions of the existing Orders in Council which relate to the Governor or the Officer Administering the Government;
(d) the continued operation, until Ministers or other authorities have assumed charge of the functions assigned to them under this Order, of those provisions of the existing Orders in Council which relate to the executive functions of the Governor, the Board of Ministers, the Officers of State and the Ministers;
(e) the continued operation, until the first day of October next following the date of the first meeting of the House of Representatives under this Order, of those provisions of the Ceylon (State Council) Order in Council, 1931, specified in Section 85 of this Order;
(f) the continuance, until a Public Service Commission and a Judicial Service Commission respectively are established under this Order, of the Public Services Commission and the Judicial Appointments Board as constituted at the date aforesaid, or the exercise by them of their respec- tive functions.
E. C. E. LEADBITTER.