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Contracting State

Legal definition for Indian law research

Definition

Contracting State, means (1) one of the original parties to the 1968 Convention (Belgium, the Federal Republic of Germany, France, Italy, Luxembourg and the Netherlands); or (2) one of the parties acceding to that Convention under the Accession Convention (Denmark, the Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom), being a state in respect of which the Accession Convention has entered into force in accordance with Art. 39 of that convention, Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act, 1982, s. 51(3), 50 (UK), Halsbury's Laws of England, Vol. 3(1), para 330, p. 259.

Means any State, including the United Kingdom, which is a party to the Chicago Convention, Air Navigation Order 1989, SI 1989/2004, Art. 106(1) (UK) Halsbury's Laws of England, Vol. (2), para 1190, p. 580.

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