P.G Heenhamy v. Assistant Commissioner of Agrarian Development – CA PHC 178/2003-2003

In the case between P.G. Heenhamy (Respondent-Petitioner-Appellant) and the Assistant Commissioner of Agrarian Development, Agrarian Development Office, Hambantota (Plaintiff-Respondent-Respondent), the court addressed the validity and enforcement of an eviction order initially made under the repealed Agrarian Services Act No. 58 of 1979, considering the subsequent enactment of the Agricultural Development Act No. 46 of 2000. It was held that eviction proceedings commenced under the repealed statute could be continued and enforced by virtue of the transitional provisions in the new Act and the Interpretation Ordinance. The court reaffirmed the principle that statutory changes do not nullify rights and liabilities accrued under previous legislation unless clearly intended by the new statute