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| (1) Where a person in Sri Lanka (hereinafter in this section referred to as the "applicant") claims to be entitled to recover in a specified country maintenance from another person, (hereinafter referred to as the "respondent") and the respondent is for the time being subject to the jurisdiction of that specified country, the applicant may apply to the Secretary to the Ministry of the Minister (hereinafter referred to as the "Secretary") in accordance with the provisions of this section, to have the claim for the recovery of maintenance from the respondent, transmitted to that specified country. |
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| (2) Where an applicant seeks to-
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| (3) On receipt of an application under subsection (1) or subsection (2), as the case may be, the Secretary shall transmit the application together with any accompanying documents, to the appropriate authority in such specified country. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts