Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts Sri Lanka Consolidated ActsPower to compel restoration of abducted females
| 59. Upon complaint made to any Magistrate on oath of the abduction or unlawful detention of a woman or of a female child under the age of fourteen years for any unlawful purpose, the Magistrate may after such inquiry as he may deem fit, if such woman or child is within his division, make an order for the immediate restoration of such woman to her liberty or of such female child to her lawful guardian, and may compel compliance with such order using such force as may be necessary. |