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| (1) The Central Authority may. in the case of a summons, notice or order issued to a person resident in a specified country by a court or tribunal in Sri Lanka in a proceeding relating to a civil or commercial matter, request the appropriate authority of such specified country for assistance in serving such summons, notice or order on such person in the specified country and may in such request, specify the mode of service of such summons, notice or order in so far as such mode is not inconsistent with the law of that specified country. |
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| (2) Where the appropriate authority of a specified country to whom a request has been made under subsection (1) informs the Central Authority that the summons, notice or order to which the request relates has been served on a person resident in such specified country and transmits a duly authenticated report of such service, the Central Authority shall cause such report to be sent to the court or tribunal issuing such summons, notice or order and such report shall be admissible in evidence in the proceeding to which the request relates, and the statements made therein shall be deemed to be correct unless the contrary is proved. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts