View All - 2001 Acts Section No : Acts & Ordinances CIVIL ASPECTS OF INTERNATIONAL CHILD ABDUCTIONMarginal Notes1. This Act may be cited as the Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction Act, No 10 of 2001 and shall come into operation on such date as the Minister by Order published in Gazette, certifies as the date on which the Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction signed at the Hague on October 25, 1980 thereinafter referred to as "the Convention") enters into force in respect of Sri Lanka2. Application.3. Wrongful removal or retention.4. Central Authority.5. Duties of Central Authority.6. Application to Central Authority for assistance in securing the return of a child who has been wrongfully removed or retained.7. Central Authority may refuse application.8. Central Authority to transmit application to appropriate authority in another specified country in certain cases.9. Central Authority may apply to High Court for order of return.10. High Court may order return of child.11. Grounds on which High Court may refuse to make an order under section 10.12. Central Authority may request Court for reasons for delay in disposing of application13. Rights of access.14. Central Authority may apply to court for order of access15. Evidence16. High Court may require Central Authority to obtain order from relevant authorities in specified country17. Central Authority not to be required to give security for payment of costs.18. High Court may order payment of costs incurred by Central Authority19. Order under section 10 not a decision or determination on merits.20. Court jurisdiction to decide or determine questions relating to the custody of a child wrongfully removed to Sri Lanka.21. Central Authority to arrange for return of child in respect of whom an order has been made under section 1022. Person, institution or other body may apply to Central Authority for securing return of child wrongfully removed to, or wrongfully retained in a specified country.23. Jurisdiction of High Court to make certain declarations.24. Sinhala text to prevail in case of inconsistency.25. Interpretation.