Singapore legislation
Clause 8
Clause 8
Application for return of child
(1)
A person who claims that, in breach of rights of custody attributed to a person, either jointly or alone, under the law of a Contracting State, a child has been wrongfully removed to or retained in Singapore within the meaning of the Convention may apply to the Court for an order that the child be returned.
(2)
An application under subsection (1) may be made by —
the person to whom the rights of custody (claimed to have been breached) are attributed under the law of the Contracting State; or
any person appearing to the Court to have sufficient interest in the matter.
(3)
The applicant shall notify the Central Authority of Singapore of his application by forwarding a copy of his application to the Central Authority of Singapore as soon as practicable.
(4)
The Court may, if it determines that the child should be returned to the Contracting State, give leave for the child to be taken out of Singapore either unconditionally or subject to such conditions or undertakings as the Court may think fit.
(5)
In this section, “person” includes an institution or other body.