3. Application by a. person in Sri Lanka for recovery of — maintenance or for enforcement or variation of a maintenance orders made in a specified country
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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.
Where an applicant seeks to—
enforce an order ; or
vary an order, made in a specified country, for the payment by a respondent of maintenance to the applicant and the respondent is for the time being residing in that country, the applicant may apply to the Secretary in accordance with the provisions of this section, to have the claim for enforcement or variation as the case may be, of that order, be transmitted to that specified country.
Maintenance Claims (Reciprocal Enforcement)
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.