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- ↑ Amerasinghe 1986, p. 155.
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- ↑ Wijesinha, Sam. "Felix in Parliament and at Parliamentary Conferences". Daily News. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
- ↑ "Bandaranaike, Mudaliyar Jacobus Dias Wijewardena". Ancestry.com. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
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- Amerasinghe, A. Ranjit B. (1986). The Supreme Court of Sri Lanka : the first 185 years (465/1000 ed.). Ratmalana: Sarvodaya Book Pub. Services. ISBN 978-955-599-000-4.