Editing Proctor (section)

===Sri Lanka===
In [[Sri Lanka]], the two groups of legal practitioners, [[advocate]]s (similar to [[barrister]]s) and Proctors (similar to [[solicitor]]s) existed since 1833 until the Justice Law No. 44 of 1973, created a single group of practitioners, known as [[attorneys in Sri Lanka|attorneys-at-law]]. There were two types of proctors; proctors of the Supreme Court and proctors of a [[district courts of Sri Lanka|district court]]. The former could practice in any court, while the latter was allowed to practice in the lower courts in a specific district. The [[Attorney General of Sri Lanka|Attorney General]] was authorised a proctor from each district to serve as the '''Crown Proctor''' to [[Attorneys in Sri Lanka#History|instruct]] or brief crown counsel on civil and criminal cases in district courts, courts of requests and police courts on behalf of the Crown.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Wright |first1=Arnold |title=Twentieth Century Impressions of Ceylon |year=1999 |publisher=Asian Educational Services |isbn=9788120613355 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eUF_rS8FEoIC&q=Crown+advocate+ceylon&pg=PA89}}</ref>