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

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Civil Aspects Of International Child Abduction Act (No. 10 of 2001) - Sect 6

Application to Central Authority for assistance in securing the return of a child who has been wrongfully removed or retained

(1) The appropriate authority of a specified country or as person, institution or other body claiming that a child has been wrongfully removed to retained in, Sri Lanka in breach of lights of custody may apply to the Central Authority for assistance in securing the return of such child.

(2) Every application made under subsection (1) shall substantially be in the Form set out in the Schedule to this Act and shall contain inter alia.

	(a) information relating to the identity of the applicant, the child and the person alleged to have removed or retained the child ,

	(b) where available the date of birth of the child.

	(c) the grounds on which the applicant's claim for return of the child is based ;

	(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,

(3) Every application under subsection (1) and the documents accompanying such application shall have translations thereof in the Sinhala tamil to English languages.

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