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Family Law Act 1986

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37 Surrender of passports.

(1) Where there is in force an order prohibiting or otherwise restricting the removal of a child from the United Kingdom or from any specified part of it, the court by which the order was in fact made, or by which it is treated under section 36 of this Act as having been made, may require any person to surrender any United Kingdom passport which has been issued to, or contains particulars of, the child. (2) In this section “United Kingdom passport” means a current passport issued by the Government of the United Kingdom.

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37 Surrender of passports.

(1) Where there is in force an order prohibiting or otherwise restricting the removal of a child from the United Kingdom or from any specified part of it, the court by which the order was in fact made, or by which it is treated under section 36 of this Act as having been made, may require any person to surrender any United Kingdom passport which has been issued to, or contains particulars of, the child. (2) In this section “United Kingdom passport” means a current passport issued by the Government of the United Kingdom.

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