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Statutory instrument 153 of 2008
Child Abduction Contracting States Notice 2008
THE Minister of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs, in terms of subsection (1) of section 4 of the Child Abduction Act [Chapter 5:05], hereby makes the following notice—
                                   1.  Title
This notice may be cited as the Child Abduction (Contracting States) Notice, 2004
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Contracting States and date on which Convention came into force
- For the purposes of the Act, the States specified in the first column of the Schedule shall be the Contracting States to the Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction.
- The date specified in the second column of the Schedule opposite each Contracting State shall be the date of the coming into force of the Convention as between Zimbabwe and that Contracting State.
                                   3.  Repeals
The Child Abduction (Contracting States) Notice, 1996, published in Statutory Instrument 221 of 1999, is repealed.
SCHEDULE (Section 2)
CONTRACTING STATES AND DATES ON WHICH CONVENTION CAME INTO FORCE
BETWEEN THEM AND ZIMBABWE
Contracting States                    Date on which Convention came
into force between Contracting State and Zimbabwe
Albania................................................1st August, 2008
Argentina........................................1st December, 1996
Armenia...............................................1st August, 2008 Australia.................................................1st April, 1996
Austria.................................................1st August, 2008
Belarus.................................................1st August, 2008 Belgium...............................................1st August, 2008 Brazil...................................................1st August, 2008 Bulgaria...............................................1st August, 2008
Canada................................................1st January, 1998
Chile........................................................1st May, 1996 China (Hong Kong).......................1st September, 1997
China (Macao Special
Administrative Region)................1st September 2003
Croatia.................................................1st August, 2008
Cyprus.................................................1st August, 1996
Czech Republic...................................1st May, 1998 Denmark.............................................1st August, 2008
Ecuador...............................................1st August, 2008
Estonia................................................1st August, 2008 Finland....................................................1st May, 2008
France.................................................1st August, 2008
Georgia.............................................. 1st August, 2008
Germany...........................................1st February, 1997
Greece...............................................1st October, 1997
Hungary...................................................1st June 2002
Iceland.................................................1st August, 2008 Ireland................................................1st January, 1997 Italy........................................................1st April, 1997 Israel..................................................1st October, 1997 Latvia..................................................1st August, 2008
Lithuania.............................................1st August, 2008 Luxembourg......................................1st August, 2008
Malta...................................................1st August, 2008
Mexico...........................................1st December, 1995
Monaco………………………………1st August, 2008
Montenegro...................................1st November, 2003
Netherlands (for the Kingdom in
Europe).........................................1st November, 1995
New Zealand..................................1st November, 1995 Norway...............................................1st January, 1997 Panama................................................1st August, 2008
Paraguay..............................................1st August, 2008
Peru.....................................................1st August, 2008 Portugal...............................................1st January, 2002
Poland...................................................1st March, 1998
Romania...............................................1st August, 2008 Serbia..............................................1st November, 2003
Seychelles............................................1st August, 2008 Slovak Republic................................1st February, 2008
Slovenia...............................................1st August, 2008
South Africa.........................................1st August, 2008 Spain........................................................1st June, 1997
Sri Lanka.............................................1st August, 2008
Sweden................................................1st January, 1998
Switzerland..............................................1st May, 1997
The former Yugoslav (Republic of
Macedonia).......................................1st August, 2008 Turkey.................................................1st August, 2008
Ukraine................................................1st August, 2008
United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Northern Ireland........................1st October, 1995
United States of America....................1st August, 1995
Uruguay..............................................1st August, 2008
Venezuela......................................1st September, 1997
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