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>) 47<br />
TAKE NOTICE that the appeal in this matter from the decision of the<br />
Adoption Board dated the<br />
day of<br />
19 , will be heard by a Judge in Chambers at the Supreme Court od<br />
Judicature on day of s 19<br />
at the hour of in the forenoon, and that if you do noi<br />
attend at the time and place above-mentioned, such order will be made<br />
as the Judge thinks fit.<br />
Dated this day of , 19 .<br />
Registrar<br />
THIRD SCHEDULE (Section 24)<br />
The Adoption of Children (Transfer Abroad) Rules<br />
1. These Rules may be cited as the Adoption of Children (Transfer<br />
Abroad) Rules.<br />
2. An application for a licence under section 24 of the Act<br />
authorizing the care and possession of a child, being a citizen of<br />
Jamaica, for whose adoption arrangements have been made to be 2/1964<br />
transferred to a person resident outside the Island may be made by a S. 12 (a).<br />
parent or guardian of the child or by the Board.<br />
3. Notice of the application shall be given in the form numbered<br />
1 in the Appendix to the Resident Magistrate of the parish in<br />
which the application is to be heard.<br />
4. The Resident Magistrate shall cause a copy of the notice to be<br />
sent to a Jamaican or British consular officer or to some other person<br />
abroad who appears to the Resident Magistrate to be trustworthy, and )j7iM3.<br />
shall request the officer or person to report whether the person to<br />
whom the care and possession of the child is proposed to be transferred<br />
is a suitable person to be entrusted therewith.<br />
5. Upon receipt of a report from the Jamaican or British consular LN.<br />
officer or other person referred to in rule 4, the Resident Magistrate 31/1%3*<br />
shall fix a time for the hearing of the application and shall send<br />
to the applicant a notice in the form numbered 2 in the Appendix.<br />
6. A copy of the notices referred to in rules 3 and 5 shall be<br />
served by the applicant upon the child, the Board and upon every<br />
person who is a parent or guardian of the child, or who has the<br />
actual custody of the child, or who is liable to contribute to the support<br />
of the child:<br />
Provided that the Resident Magistrate may dispense with the service<br />
required by this rule of a copy of the notices-<br />
[The inclusion of this page is authorized by L.N. 55/1984]
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