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Comprehensive Sri Lankan Legal Intelligence

Navigate Sri Lanka's complex legal landscape with confidence using our extensive database of legislative documents, consolidated acts, and authoritative law reports spanning from 1895 to present. Access official Legislative Enactments, Supreme Court decisions, and Court of Appeal judgments through our unified platform that positions Sri Lankan materials within the broader South Asian and international legal context.

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vLex’s intelligent legal research database enables you to navigate through the complexity of law with ease and search across a wide range of documents, including:

  • Consolidated versions of Acts
  • Legislative Enactments of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
  • The Sri Lanka Law Reports
  • New Law Reports
  • Supreme Court Law Reports
  • Court of Appeal Law Reports

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Sri Lanka Collection

Access a wealth of legal information from Sri Lanka, including official consolidated versions of Acts from 1956 and Legislative Enactments of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka from 1980, The Sri Lanka Law Reports from 1978 to 2016, New Law Reports from 1895, Supreme Court Law Reports from 2009, and Court of Appeal Law Reports from 2011.

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