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Section 111CL — Family Law Act 1975: Limitation when a child is wrongfully removed from or retained outside a Convention country
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A court must not, other than in a case of urgency, exercise jurisdiction in accordance with paragraph 111CK(1)(a), (b) or (c) to take a Commonwealth property protection measure relating to a child if: (a) the child has been wrongfully removed from or retained outside a Convention country; and (b) an authority of the Convention country keeps jurisdiction under Article 7 of the Child Protection Convention.
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