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Part II · Custody of Children and Young Persons

15. Panel to forward its recommenda-tions

Official English translation. The Sinhala text prevails. Open the official Sinhala text, official PDF on documents.gov.lk

(1)

The Panel shall consequent to its evalution of an application, forward its recommendation on the same to the

Chairman of the Authority within two weeks of receiving the application from the Authority, and the Chairman of the Authority shall forthwith forward the same to the Magistrate’s Court to which the application pertaining to the child or young person, as the case may be, was made under section 13 of this Act.

(2)

The Authority shall when forwarding the recommendations under subsection (1), also identify by designation and name the person who shall be required to perform the functions specified in section 18 of this Act, as the Monitoring Officer, in the event a Foster Care Order is made in favour of the applicant. A person to be identified as the Monitoring Officer by the Authority, shall be selected from among persons holding such designations as specified in the Seventh Schedule to this Act.

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Actions Under Section 66 of the Primary Courts’ Procedure Act

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