Civil Procedure Code (Amendment) Law (No. 20 of 1977) - Sect 55
Replacement of section 419 of the principal enactment
55. Section 419 of the principal enactment is hereby repealed and the following new section substituted therefor:-
419. Whoever leaves, or is about to leave, Sri Lanka under such circumstances as to afford reasonable probability that he will not be forthcoming whenever he may be called upon to pay costs, shall be deemed to be residing outside Sri Lanka within the meaning of section 416 or 417.".
Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts