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15. Evidence

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Official English translation. Where it differs from the Sinhala or Tamil text, the Act itself says which text prevails.

(1)

The application made to the Central Authority under section 6 or section 13 in respect of a child, and ail documents accompanying such application shall be admissible in evidence without proof of signature, at the hearing of such application under section 9 or section 14 as the case may be, for the return of that child or access to the child, as the case may be, and shall be proof of the facts stated therein until the contrary is proved.

(2)

For the purpose of determining whether the removal to, or retention in, Sri Lanka of a child is wrongful within the meaning of section 3, the High Court may, at the hearing of an application under section 9 for the return of the child, take judicial notice of the relevant law and judicial decisions of the specificd country in which that child has his or her habitual residence.

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