CAP. 290]
Adoption
Originally 22 of 1956.
1 of 1958.
21 of 1960. 10 of 1963.
62 of 1971.
CHAPTER 290
ADOPTION
To make provision for the adoption of children.
28 of 1972.
92 of 1975.
48 of 1977.
38 of 1979.
79 of 1981.
80 of 1982.
13 of 1987.
[1987 Ed.
31 of 1987.
G.N.A. 94/56.
Short title.
Interpretation. [cf. 1950 c. 26, s. 45.]
(Cap. 174.)
(Cap. 174.)
(Cap. 175.)
[12 October 1956.]
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Adoption Ordinance.
In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise requires-
“adoption order" has the meaning assigned to it by section 4; "Court" means the High Court or the District Court; (Replaced 79 of 1981, s. 8)
"Director" means the Director of Social Welfare; (Added 21 of 1960, s. 2)
"father", in relation to an illegitimate infant, means the natural father;
"general register office" means the general register office appointed under section 3(1)(c) of the Births and Deaths Registration Ordinance; (Replaced 38 of 1979, s. 2)
"infant" means a person under 21 years of age, but does not include a person who is or has been married;
"interim order" means an order under section 9;
"parent", in relation to a child who is illegitimate, means his mother, to the exclusion of his father;
"registers of births" means the register books of births kept in compliance with the provisions of the Births and Deaths Registration Ordinance and the Births Registration (Special Registers) Ordinance;
"Registrar" means the Registrar of Births and Deaths;
"relative", in relation to an infant, means a grandparent, brother, sister, uncle or aunt, whether of the full blood, of the half-blood or by affinity, and includes-
(a) where an adoption order has been made in respect of the infant or any other person under this Ordinance, any person who would be a relative of the infant within the meaning of this definition if the adopted person were the child of the adopter born in lawful wedlock;