A Senior Instructing Attorneys-at-Law ( postnominal SIA) is an eminent

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who is appointed by the

President of Sri Lanka The president of Sri Lanka ( ''Śrī Laṅkā Janādhipati''; ''Ilaṇkai janātipati'') is the head of state and head of government of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka. The president is the chief executive of the union governm ...

having had an active practice as an Instructing Attorney (formally known as

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) for over twenty years on the observations of the Chief Justice and the Minister of Justice under the provisions of the Conferring the Honour of Senior Instructing Attorneys-at-Law Act, No. 26 of 2023.

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Conferring the Honour of Senior Instructing Attorneys-at-Law Act, No. 26 of 2023
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