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Sed lex antea diversi
Tracing changes in Sri Lankan legislation
Legislation evolves through amendments. Understanding a provision means knowing its wording, the date it belongs to, and the enactments that shaped it. SLAD brings those connections into one place for readers, researchers, and legal professionals.
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THE NAME AND THE PURPOSE
A record of the law through time.
Sed lex antea diversi is the full project name. SLAD is its compact form, used throughout the interface. The project focuses on tracing legislative change through principal Acts, amendments, and dated reconstructed versions.
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Compare reconstructed wording, trace its source, and see which amendment operations still require review.
A RESEARCH PROJECT
Built around evidence.
Developed as a Group 11 research project at the University of Moratuwa, SLAD explores how Sri Lankan legislation can be structured, reconstructed, and made easier to examine over time.
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The available corpus is still growing. Reconstructed versions can contain missing text and unresolved amendment operations. They are research outputs, rather than official consolidated legislation.
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