Section 20[Appeal from District and Additional District Judges]

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20. [Appeal from District and Additional District Judges] (1) Save as otherwise provided by any enactment for the time being in force, an appeal from a decree or order of a District Judge or [Additional District] Judge shall lie to the High Court Division. (2) An appeal shall not lie to the High Court Division from a decree or order of an [Additional District] Judge in any case in which, if the decree or order had been made by the District Judge, an appeal would not lie to that Court.

1. 59. The marginal heading was substituted, for the former marginal heading by section 11 of the Civil Courts (Amendment) Act, 2001 (Act No. XLIX of 2001).