18. High Court may order payment of costs incurred by Central Authority

Upon making an order under section 10 for the return of a child to the specified country in which that child has his or her habitual residence, the High Court may order the person who removed that child to Sri Lanka or who retained that child in Sri Lanka to pay the expenses incurred by

Central Authority including costs incurred in locating the child, the costs of legal representation of the Central

Authority and the costs incurred in returning the child to the specified country in which that child has his or her habitual residence.