Recognition and Enforcement of International Settlement Agreements Resulting from Mediation Act 2024 · As enacted
12. Proceedings before the High Court
Official English translation. Where it differs from the Sinhala or Tamil text, the Act itself says which text prevails.
Official translationFrom Department of Government Printing, unchanged
Every application to the High Court under section 6 of this Act, shall be made by way of petition and affidavit, and all parties to the mediation other than the petitioner or petitioners shall be named as respondents to such petition and shall be given notice of the same.
Upon the petition and affidavit being presented, the
High Court shall appoint a day within two weeks of such presentation for the determination of the matters set out in the petition, and grant the respondents a date to state their objections, if any, in writing supported by affidavit, and make available copies thereof to the petitioner.
Evidence shall be given by way of affidavit in proceedings before the High Court:
Provided however, where the High Court deems fit, it may take evidence viva voce in addition to evidence given by affidavit.
Where an international settlement agreement has been recorded as a decree of the High Court, it may be enforced in
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the same manner as a decree entered under the provisions of the Civil Procedure Code (Chapter 101) and accordingly the provisions of Chapter XXII of that Code relating to the execution of decrees shall, mutatis mutandis, apply to such enforcement.
The High Court shall hear and finally dispose of the case within three months of the making of the application under section 6.