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Civil Aspects Of International Child Abduction Act (No. 10 of 2001) - Sect 22

Person, institution or other body may apply to Central Authority for securing return of child wrongfully removed to, or wrongfully retained in a specified country

22.
(1) A person, institution or other body in Sri Lanka claiming that a child has been wrongfully removed to a specified country or is wrongfully being retained in a specified country, in breach of rights of custody of such person, institution or other body may apply to the Central Authority for assistance in securing the return of that child to Sri Lanka.
(2)On receipt of an application under subsection (1) the Central Authority shall apply in the appropriate manner to the appropriate authority in the specified country to which such child is alleged to have been removed or in which such child is alleged to be retained in, for assistance in securing the return of that child to Sri Lanka
(3)"rights of custody" referred to in subsection (1) include rights of custody accruing to any person, institution or other body
(a)by operation of law of; or
(b)by reason of a judgment or order of a court or tribunal of; or
(c)by reason of any agreement having legal effect under the law of,

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