{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sri-lanka-independence-act-1947/section-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sri-lanka-independence-act-1947/section-4.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Geo6/11-12/7",
  "legislation_title": "Sri Lanka Independence Act 1947",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sri-lanka-independence-act-1947",
  "path": "section/4",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Consequential amendments not affecting the law of Sri Lanka.",
  "text": "(1) As from the appointed day, the Acts and Regulations referred to in the Second Schedule to this Act shall have effect subject to the amendments made by that Schedule . . . :\nProvided that this subsection shall not extend to Sri Lanka as part of the law thereof.\n(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n3), (4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1969 (c. 52), Sch. Pt. VI"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "For references to “Ceylon” in this Act there are substituted references to “Sri Lanka” by virtue of Sri Lanka Republic Act 1972 (c. 55, SIF 26:40), s. 1(4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "S. 4(2) repealed by Interpretation Act 1978 (c. 30, SIF 115:1), Sch. 3"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "S. 4(3)(4) repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1969 (c. 52), Sch. Pt. VI"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "S. 4(5) repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1953 (2 & 3 Eliz. 2 c. 5)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/11-12/7/section/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:24:24.409522+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}