CHILD ABDUCTION AND CUSTODY (PARTIES TO CONVENTION) ORDER - CHAPTER 512A CHILD ABDUCTION AND CUSTODY (PARTIES TO CONVENTION) ORDER - LONG TITLE Empowering section VerDate:16/01/1998 (Cap 512, section 4) [16 January 1998] (L.N. 36 of 1998) CHILD ABDUCTION AND CUSTODY (PARTIES TO CONVENTION) ORDER - SECT 1 Parties to Convention VerDate:30/04/1999 (1) The countries specified in column 1 of the Schedule are the Contracting States to the Convention. (2) The territories specified in column 2 of the Schedule are the territories specified in declarations made by the corresponding Contracting States specified in column 1 of the Schedule under Article 39 or 40 of the Convention. (3) The date of the coming into force of the Convention as between Hong Kong and a Contracting State or a territory specified in the Schedule is the corresponding date specified in column 3 of the Schedule. (L.N. 108 of 1999) CHILD ABDUCTION AND CUSTODY (PARTIES TO CONVENTION) ORDER - SCHEDULE SCHEDULE VerDate:01/06/2008 [section 1] Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Contracting States to the Convention Territories specified in declarations under Article 39 or 40 of the Convention Date of coming into force of the Convention Republic of Argentina 1 September 1997 Commonwealth of Australia Australian States and Mainland Territories 1 September 1997 Republic of Austria 1 September 1997 Commonwealth of the Bahamas 1 September 1997 Republic of Belarus 1 June 1999 Kingdom of Belgium 1 May 1999 Belize 1 September 1997 Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 September 1997 Federative Republic of Brazil 1 October 2005 Republic of Bulgaria 1 October 2005 Democratic Republic of Burkina Faso 1 September 1997 Canada Alberta British Columbia Manitoba New Brunswick Newfoundland Nova Scotia Ontario Prince Edward Island Quebec Saskatchewan Yukon Territory Northwest Territories Nunavut 1 September 1997 1 September 1997 1 September 1997 1 September 1997 1 September 1997 1 September 1997 1 September 1997 1 September 1997 1 September 1997 1 September 1997 1 September 1997 1 September 1997 1 January 2001 Republic of Chile 1 September 1997 Republic of Colombia 1 September 1997 Republic of Croatia 1 September 1997 Republic of Cyprus 1 September 1997 Czech Republic 1 March 1998 Kingdom of Denmark (except the Faroe Islands and Greenland) 1 September 1997 Republic of Ecuador 1 September 1997 Republic of Estonia 1 October 2005 Republic of the Fiji Islands 1 October 2005 Republic of Finland 1 September 1997 Republic of France (for the whole of the territory of the Republic of France) 1 September 1997 Republic of Georgia 1 December 1998 Federal Republic of Germany 1 September 1997 Helenic Republic (Greece) 1 September 1997 Republic of Honduras 1 September 1997 Republic of Hungary 1 September 1997 Republic of Iceland 1 September 1997 Republic of Ireland 1 September 1997 State of Israel 1 September 1997 Republic of Italy 1 September 1997 Republic of Latvia 1 October 2005 Republic of Lithuania 1 October 2005 Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg 1 September 1997 Republic of Macedonia 1 September 1997 Republic of Malta 1 October 2005 Republic of Mauritius 1 September 1997 United States of Mexico 1 September 1997 Republic of Moldova 1 June 1999 Principaute de Monaco 1 September 1997 Kingdom of the Netherlands (for the Kingdom in Europe) 1 September 1997 New Zealand 1 September 1997 Kingdom of Norway 1 September 1997 Republic of Panama 1 September 1997 Republic of Peru 1 October 2005 Polish Republic (Poland) 1 September 1997 Republic of Portugal 1 September 1997 Romania 1 September 1997 Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis 1 September 1997 Slovak Republic 1 February 2001 Republic of Slovenia 1 September 1997 Republic of South Africa 1 December 1998 Kingdom of Spain 1 September 1997 Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka 1 October 2005 Kingdom of Sweden 1 September 1997 Confederation Suisse (Switzerland) 1 September 1997 Kingdom of Thailand 1 October 2005 Republic of Trinidad and Tobago 1 October 2005 Republic of Turkey 1 August 2000 Republic of Turkmenistan 1 December 1998 Ukraine 1 June 2008 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1 September 1997 Bermuda 1 March 1999 Cayman Islands 1 August 1998 las Islas Malvinas (The Falkland Islands) 1 June 1998 Isle of Man 1 September 1997 Montserrat 1 March 1999 United States of America 1 September 1997 Oriental Republic of Uruguay 1 October 2005 Republic of Uzbekistan 1 October 2005 Republic of Venezuela 1 September 1997 Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1 September 1997 Republic of Zimbabwe 1 September 1997 (Schedule replace d L.N. 302 of 1999. L.N. 302 of 1999; L.N. 103 of 2002; L.N. 150 of 2005; L.N. 110 of 2008)