1. Regulations
  2. title 22
  3. chapter I
  4. part 94
  5. § 94.1

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§ 94.1 - Definitions.

For purposes of this part—

(a) Convention means the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction, Appendix B to Department of State notice, 51 FR 10498, March 26, 1986.

(b) Contracting State means any country which is a party to the Convention.

(c) Child and children mean persons under the age of sixteen.

AUTHORITY: Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction; the federal “International Child Abduction Remedies Act,” Pub. L. 100-300.

SOURCE: 53 FR 23608, June 23, 1988, unless otherwise noted.

CITE AS: 22 CFR 94.1