Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts Sri Lanka Consolidated ActsAN ACT TO GIVE EFFECT TO THE UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON THE RECOVERY ABROAD OF MAINTENANCE, SIGNED AT NEW YORK ON 20TH JUNE, 1956; TO MAKE PROVISION FOR FACILITATING THE RECOVERY OF MAINTENANCE BY OR FROM PERSONS IN SRI LANKA FROM OR BY PERSONS IN ANY OTHER COUNTRY; TO EXTEND THE JURISDICTION OF MAGISTRATE'S COURTS TO HEAR APPLICATIONS AGAINST PERSONS OUTSIDE SRI LANKA AND FOR MATTERS CONNECTED THEREWITH AND INCIDENTAL THERETO