Sri Lanka government
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Ministry of Justice
Courts administration, prisons and law reform.
What this authority does
Sri Lanka is one of the few jurisdictions where Roman-Dutch law survives as the residual common law, layered with English commercial statute and the personal law systems of Kandyan, Thesawalamai and Muslim law — all administered through this ministry's court system.
Services for the public
- Court administration
- Legal aid
- Law reform
- Prisons information
Before you contact this authority
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