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16. High Court may require Central Authority to obtain order from relevant authorities in specified country
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The High Court may prior to making an order under section 10 for the return of a child to the specified country in which that child has his or her residence, request the Central
Authority to oblain from the relevant authorities of the specified country in which that child has his or her habitual residence, a decision or determination as to whether the removal to, or retention in Sri Lanka, of that child, is wrongful within the meaning of the Convention,
10 = Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction