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(3) Any application under subsection (1) above or a

re st under subsection (2) above shall be treated as a

request for enforcement for the purposes of Articles 10 and

13 of the Convention.

(4) The Court in the territory having jurisdiction to

entertain applications under the Convention shall refuse to

register a decision if -

(a) the court is of the opinion that on any of the

grounds specified in Article 9 or 10 of the

Convention the decision should not be recognised in

the Territory;

(b) the court is of the opinion that the decision is not

enforceable in the Contracting State where it was

made and is not a decision to which Article 12 of the

Convention applies; or

(c) an application in respect of the child under Part I

of this Act is pending.

(6) In this section "decision relating to custody" has

the same meaning as in the Convention.

17. (1) Where a decision which has been registered under

section 16 above is varied, or revoked by an authority

outside the Territory in the Contracting State in which it

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