1. Short Title and date of operation,

This Act may be cited as the Convention on the Civil

Aspects of International Child Abduction Act, No. 10 of 2001

and shail 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

(hereinafter referred to as “the Convention”) enters into force in respect of Sri Lanka.