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| (1) The appropriate authority, or a person, institution or other body of a specified country, may make an application to the Central Authority for assistance in securing effective exercise of rights of access of a person specified in the application to a child who is in Sri Lanka. |
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| (2)An application made under subsection (1) shall,: contain inter alia
| | (a)information relating to the identity of the applicant,, the child and the person in whose custody the child is in Sri Lanka ; | | |
| | (b)where available, the date of birth of the child ; | | |
| | (c)the grounds on which the applicant's claim for right of access is based ; and | | |
| | (d)all available information relating to the whereabouts of the child, and the identity of the person with whom the child is presumed to be, | | |
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| (3)Every application under subsection (1) and the documents accompanying such application shall have been translated in the Sinhala, Tamil or English language |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts