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CONVENTION ON THE CIVIL ASPECTS OF INTERNATIONAL CHILD ABDUCTION ORDER
Statutory Text (4 Articles)
CONVENTION ON THE CIVIL ASPECTS
OF INTERNATIONAL CHILD ABDUCTION
SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 410.01
CONVENTION ON THE CIVIL ASPECTS OF
INTERNATIONAL CHILD ABDUCTION ORDER
25th July, 2000
LEGAL NOTICE 130 of 2000, as amended by Legal Notices 235 of
2000, 119 and 198 of 2001, 56, 253 and 380 of 2002, 62, 148, 295 and
351 of 2003, 336 and 526 of 2004, 39 and 115 of 2005, 209 of 2009, 334
of 2011 and 230 of 2016, 212 of 2019, 5 of 2023 and 30 of 2024.
The title of this Order is the Convention on the Civil
Aspects of International Child Abduction Order.
Amended by
L.N. 235 of 2000;
(Regulation 2)
L.N. 119 of 2001;
L.N. 198 of 2001;
L.N. 56 of 2002;
L.N. 253 of 2002;
L.N. 380 of 2002;
L.N. 62 of 2003;
L.N. 148 of 2003;
L.N. 295 of 2003;
L.N. 351 of 2003;
L.N. 336 of 2004;
L.N. 526 of 2004;
L.N. 39 of 2005;
L.N. 115 of 2005;
L.N. 209 of 2009;
L.N. 334 of 2011;
L.N. 230 of 2016;
L.N. 212 of 2019;
L.N. 5 of 2023;
L.N. 30 of 2024.
Country
Date of Commencement
Argentina .............................................
1st April 2000
Chile ....................................................
1st April 2000
Israel ....................................................
1st April 2000
Luxembourg .........................................
1st April 2000
Poland ..................................................
1st June 2000
Colombia .............................................
1st September 2000
Finland .................................................
1st September 2000
Ireland .................................................
1st January 2001
Switzerland ..........................................
1st February 2001
Australia ..............................................
1st May 2001
Spain ....................................................
1st May 2001
Belarus .................................................
1st May 2001
Moldova ...............................................
1st September 2001
Slovak Republic ...................................
1st February 2001
Portugal ...............................................
1st January 2002
Austria .................................................
1st March 2002
United Kingdom and Northern Ireland,
includi ng the follo wing territ ories
Bermuda; the Cayman Islands; the
Falkland Islands; the Isle of Man and
Montserrat ...........................................
1st March 2002
The Netherlands ...................................
1st April 2002
Norway ................................................
1st April 2002
Uzbekistan ...........................................
1st June 2002
Hungary ...............................................
1st June 2002
Germany ..............................................
1st November 2002
United States of America ......................
1st February 2003
Country
Date of Commencement
Belgium ...............................................
1st May 2003
China, Macau Special Administrative
Region .................................................
1st September 2003
Canada .................................................
1st November 2003
Serbia and Montenegro .........................
1st November 2003
Cyprus .................................................
1st April 2004
Brazil ...................................................
1st May 2004
Turkey .................................................
1st June 2004
Greece .................................................
1st June 2004
Italy .....................................................
1st August 2004
Sweden ................................................
1st August 2004
Slovenia ...............................................
1st October 2004
Czech Republic ....................................
1st November 2004
Croatia .................................................
1st February 2005
Venezuela ............................................
1st February 2005
France ..................................................
1st March 2005
Albania ................................................
1st July 2009
Bulgaria ...............................................
1st July 2009
Estonia .................................................
1st July 2009
Latvia ..................................................
1st July 2009
Lithuania ..............................................
1st July 2009
Peru .....................................................
1st July 2009
Sri Lanka .............................................
1st July 2009
Ukraine ................................................
1st July 2009
Uruguay ...............................................
1st July 2009
Armenia ...............................................
1st July 2009
Dominican Republic .............................
1st July 2009
El Salvador ..........................................
1st July 2009
Guatemala ............................................
1st July 2009
Nicaragua .............................................
1st July 2009
San Marino ..........................................
1st July 2009
Seychelles ............................................
1st July 2009
Thailand ...............................................
1st July 2009
Trinidad and Tobago ............................
1st July 2009
Morocco...............................................
1st November 2011
Singapore..............................................
1st November 2011
Gabon...................................................
1st November 2011
Russian Federation................................
1st July 2016
Andorra................................................
1st July 2016
Kazakhstan...............................................
23rd August, 2019
Korea, Republic of...................................
23rd August, 2019
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) ................
29th November 2022
Country
Date of Commencement
Jamaica....................................................
29th November 2022
Tunisia ...................................................
30th November 2023
Philippines..............................................
30th November 2023
(a) The countries specified in the Schedule are hereby
specified for the purposes of article 4 of the Child
Abduction and Custody Act.
(b) The date specified in the Schedule with respect to each
country specified therein shall be the date on which the
Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child
Abduction which was signed at The Hague on the 25th
October, 1980 has come into force between Malta and
that country.