PROCLAMATION
by the
President of the Republic of South Africa
No. R. 65, 1997
HAGUE CONVENTION ON THE CIVIL ASPECTS OF INTERNATIONAL CHILD ABDUCTION ACT, 1996 (ACT No. 72 OF 1996)
COMMENCEMENT: HAGUE CONVENTION ON THE CIVIL ASPECTS OF INTERNATIONAL CHILD ABDUCTION ACT, 1996
Under section 6 of the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction Act, 1996 (Act No. 72 of 1996), I hereby fix 1 October 1997 as the date on which the said Act shall come into operation.
Given under my Hand and the Seal of the Republic of South Africa at Cape Town this Twenty-fifth day of September, One thousand Nine hundred and Ninety-seven.
N. R. MANDELA
President
By Order of the President-in-Cabinet:
A. M. OMAR
Minister of the Cabinet