1987 Ed.]
Adoption
[CAP. 290
14. (1) Where an adoption order is made in respect of an infant who is illegitimate, then, subject to the provisions of this section, any order or agreement whereby the father of the infant is required or has undertaken to make payments specifically for the benefit of the infant, shall cease to have effect, but without prejudice to the recovery of any arrears which are due under the order or agreement at the date of the adoption order.
(2) Where an infant to whom any such order or agreement as aforesaid relates is adopted by his mother, and the mother is a single woman, the order or agreement shall not cease to have effect by virtue of subsection (1) upon the making of the adoption order, but shall cease to have effect if she subsequently marries.
(3) Where an adoption order is made in respect of an infant in respect of whom an order is in force under section 34 of the Protection of Women and Juveniles Ordinance, committing the infant to the care of a person or institution, or under section 35 of that Ordinance regarding the control and custody of the infant, the last mentioned order shall cease to have effect.
(4) Where an adoption order is made in respect of an infant of whom the legal guardianship is vested in the Director, the Director shall cease to be the legal guardian of the infant. (Amended 1 of 1958, s. 2, and 21 of 1960, s. 6)
15. (1) Where, at any time after the making of an adoption order, the adopter or the adopted person or any other person dies intestate in respect of any property, that property shall devolve in all respects as if the adopted person were the child of the adopter born in lawful wedlock and were not the child of any other person.
(2) In any disposition of property made, whether by instrument inter vivos or by will (including codicil), after the date of an adoption order-
(a) any reference (whether express or implied) to the child or children of the adopter shall, unless the contrary intention appears, be construed as, or as including, a reference to the adopted person;
(b) any reference (whether express or implied) to the child or children of the adopted person's natural parents or either of them shall, unless the contrary intention appears, be construed as not being, or as not including, a reference to the adopted person; and
(c) any reference (whether express or implied) to a person related to the adopted person in any degree shall, unless the contrary intention appears, be construed as a reference to the person who would be related to him in that degree if he were the child of the adopter born in lawful wedlock and were not the child of any other person.
Cessation of certain orders, etc.
[Ref. 1950 c. 26, s. 12.]
(Cap. 213.)
Intestacies, wills and settlements.
1950 c. 26, s. 13.
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