List of Acting Chief Justice of Sri Lanka
| Chief Justice of Sri Lanka
අග්ර විනිශ්චයකාර | |
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Incumbent None | |
| Style | The Honourable Justice |
| Appointer | President of Sri Lanka |
| Term length | Until the age of sixty-five years |
| Website | Supreme Court of Sri Lanka |
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The Provisional & Acting Chief Justice of Sri Lanka is the temporary head of the judicial system of Sri Lanka as the chief judge of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka. The Chief Justice is one of ten Supreme Court justices; the other nine are the Puisne Justices of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka.
Provisional & acting Chief Justices
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| Name | Province | Term | Elevated by | |
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| Alexander Johnston §[1] | 3 April 1806 - 5 April 1807 | |||
| William Coke§ | 6 March 1809 - 1811 | |||
| Sir Charles Marshall | 18 February 1833 - 1836 | |||
| 7 | Sergeant Sir William Rough | 9 March 1836 - April 1836 | ||
| 9 | Sergeant Sir William Rough | April 1837 - 1838 | ||
| P. J. Sterling | 1859 - 1860 | |||
| Richard Morgan | 1875 | Gregory | ||
| C. H. Stewart | 1875 - 1876 | |||
| Sir George Anderson | 1876 - 1877 | |||
| Lovell Burchett Clarence | 1882 | |||
| Sir Alfred Lascelles | 1906 | |||
| William Thomas Porter[2] | 1921 | |||
| Francis Soertsz | 1939 | |||
| Francis Soertsz | 1945 and 1946 | |||
| E.R. de Fonseka | 1960 and 1962 | |||
| Chellappah Nagalingam | Northern Province | 1954 |
See also
- List of Chief Justices of Sri Lanka
- List of Justices of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka
- List of Justices of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka by court composition
References
- ↑ "Journal of the Dutch Burgher Union" (PDF). Dutch Burgher Union. Retrieved 9 November 2012.
- ↑ PORTER, Hon. William Thomas. Who Was Who. A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 7 January 2013.
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