6. Application to
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The appropriate authorily of a specified country
Central Authority — or a person, institution or other body claiming that a child has securing the retarn been wrongfully removed to, retained in, Sri Lanka in breach of'achild who has
Of Tights of custody may apply to the Central Authority for assistance in securing the return of such child.
been wrongfully removed or retained.
Every application made under subsection (1), shall substantially be in the Form set out in the Schedule to this
Act and shall contain inter alia—
information relating to the identity of the applicant, the child and the person alleged to have removed or retained the child ;
where available, the date of birth of the child :
the grounds on which the applicant’s claim for return of the child is based ;
all available information relating to the whereabouts of the child and the identity of the person with whom the child is presumed to be, and may be accompanied by—
a duly authenticated copy of any relevant decision or agreement giving rise to the rights of custody claimed to have been breached ;
a certificate or affidavit from the appropriate authority of the specified country in which that child has his or her habitual residence or from a qualified person, setting out the law of that specified country relating to the rights of custody alleged to have been breached ;
, (iii) any other relevant document.
Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction
Every application under subsection (1) and the documents accompanying such application shall have translations thereof in the Sinhala, Tamil or English languages.