Source: Singapore Statutes Online | Archived by Legal Wires
| Sale of Goods (United Nations Convention) Act |
| Sale of Goods (United Nations Convention) (Convention Countries) Notification |
| N 1 |
| REVISED EDITION 1997 |
| (15th June 1997) |
| [1st March 1996] |
| Citation |
| 1. This Order may be cited as the Sale of Goods (United Nations Convention) (Convention Countries) Notification. |
| Convention countries |
| 2. The States or territories specified in the first column of the First Schedule are declared to be Convention countries for the purposes of the Act subject to the declarations and reservations specified in the second column of the First Schedule and set out in the Second Schedule. |
| FIRST SCHEDULE |
| Paragraph 2 |
| Convention Countries |
| SECOND SCHEDULE |
| Paragraph 2 |
| Declarations and Reservations |
| 1. Upon adherence to the Convention the Governments of Argentina, Belarus, Chile, Estonia, Hungary, Lithuania, Ukraine and USSR, in accordance with Articles 12 and 96 of the Convention, declared that any provision of Article 11, Article 29 or Part II of the Convention that allows a contract of sale or its modification or termination by agreement or any offer, acceptance or other indication of intention to be made in any form other than in writing, would not apply where any party had his place of business in their respective States. |
| 2. Upon accession the Government of Canada declared that, in accordance with Article 93 of the Convention, the Convention will extend to Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island and the Northwest Territories. Upon accession the Government of Canada declared that, in accordance with Article 95 of the Convention, with respect to British Columbia, it will not be bound by Article 1(1)(b) of the Convention. In a notification received on 31st July 1992, the Government of Canada withdrew that declaration. In a declaration received on 9th April 1992 the Government of Canada extended the application of the Convention to Quebec and Saskatchewan. In a notification received on 29th June 1992, Canada extended the application of the Convention to Yukon. |
| 3. Upon approving the Convention the Government of China declared that it did not consider itself bound by sub-paragraph (b) of Paragraph 1 of Article 1 and Article 11 as well as the provisions in the Convention relating to the content of Article 11. |
| 4. Upon ratifying the Convention the Governments of Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden declared in accordance with Article 92(1) that they would not be bound by Part II of the Convention (Formation of the Contract). Upon ratifying the Convention the Governments of Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden declared, pursuant to Article 94(1) and 94(2), that the Convention would not apply to contacts of sale where the parties have their places of business in Denmark, Finland, Sweden, Iceland or Norway. |
| 5. Upon ratifying the Convention the Government of Germany declared that it would not apply Article 1(1)(b) in respect of any state that had made a declaration that that state would not apply Article 1(1)(b). |
| 6. Upon ratifying the Convention the Government of Hungary declared that it considered the General Conditions of Delivery of Goods between Organisations of the Member Countries of the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance to be subject to the provisions of Article 90 of the Convention. |
| 7. Upon ratifying the Convention the Governments of Czechoslovakia, Singapore and of the United States of America declared that they would not be bound by sub-paragraph (1)(b) of Article 1. |
| 8. Upon accession to the Convention the Government of New Zealand declared that this accession shall not extend to the Cook Islands, Niue or Tokelau. [G.N. No. S 92/96] |
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY
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