Which of the following statements about Hague Abduction Convention is/are correct?

India has signed the convention and rectified it.

It applies to children below 14 years of age.

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The Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction or Hague Abduction Convention is a multilateral treaty developed by the Hague Conference on Private International Law (HCCH) that provides an expeditious method to return a child internationally abducted by a parent from one member country to another.
It deals with international child custody cases.
It was passed in 1980, the Hague Convention on International Child Abduction, which came into force in 1983, rules that in any child custody case, the court of the country where the child is a “habitual resident” will adjudicate who will get custody.
The Convention applies only to children under the age of 16.
India has not signed the Hague Abduction Convention.

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Neither 1 nor 2

The Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction or Hague Abduction Convention is a multilateral treaty developed by the Hague Conference on Private International Law (HCCH) that provides an expeditious method to return a child internationally abducted by a parent from one member country to another.
It deals with international child custody cases.
It was passed in 1980, the Hague Convention on International Child Abduction, which came into force in 1983, rules that in any child custody case, the court of the country where the child is a “habitual resident” will adjudicate who will get custody.
The Convention applies only to children under the age of 16.
India has not signed the Hague Abduction Convention.

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