S.I. No. 63/1997:

CRIMINAL JUSTICE ACT, 1994 (SECTION 37 (1)) ORDER, 1997.

CRIMINAL JUSTICE ACT, 1994 (SECTION 37 (1)) ORDER, 1997.

I, DICK SPRING, T.D., Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by Section 37 (1) of the Criminal Justice Act, 1994 (No. 15 of 1994), hereby order as follow:

1. This Order may be cited as the Criminal Justice Act, 1994 (Section 37(1)) Order, 1997.

2. This Order shall come into operation on the 3rd day of March 1997.

3. Each of the states specified in the Schedule to this Order is hereby declared to be a Convention state for the purposes of the Criminal Justice Act, 1994 .

SCHEDULE

SPECIFIED STATES

Republic of Afghanistan, People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, Antigua and Barbuda, Republic of Argentina, Republic of Armenia, Australia, Republic of Azerbaijan, Commonwealth of the Bahamas, State of Bahrain, People's Republic of Bangladesh, Barbados, Republic of Belarus, Kingdom of Belgium, Belize, Kingdom of Bhutan, Republic of Bolivia, Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Republic of Botswana, Federative Republic of Brazil, Sultanate of Brunei (Negara Brunei Darussalam), Republic of Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Republic of Burundi, Republic of Cameroon, Canada, Republic of Cape Verde, Republic of Chad, Republic of Chile, People's Republic of China, Republic of Colombia, Republic of Costa Rica, Republic of Cte d'Ivoire, Republic of Croatia, Republic of Cuba, Republic of Cyprus, Czech Republic, Kingdom of Denmark, Commonwealth of Dominica, Dominican Republic, Republic of Ecuador, Arab Republic of Egypt, Republic of El Salvador, Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, Republic of Fiji, Republic of Finland, Republic of France, Republic of the Gambia, Federal Republic of Germany, Republic of Ghana, Grenada, Republic of Guatemala, Republic of Guinea, Republic of Guinea-Bissau, Cooperative Republic of Guyana, Republic of Haiti, Hellenic Republic, Republic of Honduras, Republic of Hungary, Republic of India, Islamic Republic of Iran, Republic of Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, Republic of Kenya, Republic of Kyrgyzstan, Republic of Latvia, Republic of Lebanon, Kingdom of Lesotho, Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Madagascar, Republic of Malawi, Malaysia, Republic of Mali, Republic of Malta, Islamic Republic of Mauritania, United States of Mexico, Republic of Moldova, Principality of Monaco, Kingdom of Morocco, Union of Myanmar, Kingdom of Nepal, Kingdom of the Netherlands, Republic of Nicaragua, Republic of Niger, Federal Republic of Nigeria, Kingdom of Norway, Sultanate of Oman, Islamic Republic of Pakistan, Republic of Panama, Republic of Paraguay, Republic of Peru, Republic of the Philippines, Republic of Poland, Republic of Portugal, State of Qatar, Republic of Romania, Russian Federation, Federation of Saint Christopher and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Republic of Senegal, Republic of Seychelles, Republic of Sierra Leone, Slovakia, Republic of Slovenia, Kingdom of Spain, Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, Republic of Sudan, Republic of Suriname, Kingdom of Swaziland, Kingdom of Sweden, Syrian Arab Republic, Republic of Tajikistan, United Republic of Tanzania, Togo, Tonga, Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, Republic of Tunisia, Republic of Turkey, Republic of Turkmenistan, Republic of Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America, Eastern Republic of Uruguay, Republic of Uzbekistan, Republic of Venezuela, People's Democratic Republic of Yemen, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Republic of Zambia, Republic of Zimbabwe.

GIVEN at Dublin under my Official Seal, this 3rd day of February, 1997.

DICK SPRING,

Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

The effect of this Order is to specify, in accordance with Section 37 (1) of the Criminal Justice Act, 1994 (No. 15), states which are party to the United Nations Convention against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances, 1988.