THE CHILDREN (ADOPTION OF) ACT
THE CHILDREN (ADOPTION OF) ACT
THE CHILDREN (ADOPTION OF) ACT
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<strong>CHILDREN</strong> (<strong>ADOPTION</strong> <strong>OF</strong>) 3<br />
<strong>THE</strong> <strong>CHILDREN</strong> (<strong>ADOPTION</strong> <strong>OF</strong>) <strong>ACT</strong><br />
t2nd January, 1958.1<br />
L.W<br />
75 of 1956.<br />
Artr<br />
2 of 1964.<br />
42 of 1969<br />
3rd sch.<br />
37 of 1974.<br />
tl$&!.:<br />
36 of 1976<br />
Sch.<br />
1 of 1979.<br />
1st sch.<br />
15 of 1982.<br />
1. This Act may be cited as the Children (Adoption of) Shorttitle.<br />
Act.<br />
2.41) In this Act- Interpretation.<br />
“adopter” means a person who is proposing to adopt,<br />
or who has adopted a child in pursuance of an<br />
adoption order;<br />
“adoption order” means an order made under section<br />
9;<br />
“child” means a person under the age of eighteen U1979 1st Sch.<br />
years who has never been married;<br />
“Court” means any court having jurisdiction to make<br />
adoption orders under this Act (and, accordingly, $22;.<br />
shall be construed in a manner consistent with<br />
paragraph (a) of subsection (2) );<br />
“guardian” in relation to a child means a person<br />
appointed by deed or will or by a court of<br />
competent jurisdiction, to be his guardian;<br />
“relative” in relation to any child, means a grand- at976<br />
parent, brother, sister, uncle, aunt, whether of the<br />
full blood, of the half blood or by affinity, and<br />
includes, where an. adoption is made in respect<br />
of the child or any other person, any person who<br />
would be a relative of the child within the meaning<br />
of this definition if the adopted person were<br />
the child of the adopter born in wedlock.<br />
[The idusion of this page is authorized by L.N. 55/19841
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