A 8
[Subsidiary] Copy of order not to be given to other persons.
Notification by guardian ad litem of making or refusal of order.
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Adoption Rules
[1986 Ed.
21. No duplicate or copy of an adoption order or interim order shall be given to or served upon any person other than the Registrar of Births and Deaths or the applicant except by order of the judge.
22. Where an adoption order is made or refused or an interim order made, the guardian ad litem shall notify all parties who were not present when the order was made or refused, without disclosing the identity of the applicant unless he does not desire his identity to be kept confidential.
Application for further hearing by applicant.
Form 9.
Application for further hearing by guardian ad litem.
RESTORATION OF PROCEEDINGS AFTER INTERIM ORDER
23. Where the determination of an application is postponed and an interim order made the applicant shall, at least 2 months before the expiration of the period specified in the interim order, obtain an appointment for the further hearing of the application, and the guardian ad litem shall serve a notice in Form 9 on every person on whom notice is required to be served under rule 16.
24. If no appointment is obtained by the applicant as required by rule 23, the guardian ad litem shall obtain an appointment as soon as practicable for the further hearing of the application.
Amendment of adoption orders, and revocation of directions ex parte. L.N. 228/77.
Notice of amendment to be sent to Registrar of Births and Deaths. L.N. 228/77.
L.N. 337/82.
Delegation of powers and duties.
G.N.A. 76/60.
AMENDMENT OF ADOPTION ORDERS
25. An application for an order under section 20(1) of the Ordinance for the amendment of an adoption order or the revocation of a direction for the marking of an entry in the registers of births or the Adopted Children Register may be made ex parte in the first instance in the Court, but the Court may require notice of that application to be served on such persons as it thinks fit.
26. Where an order for the amendment of an adoption order or the revocation of a direction for the marking of an entry in the registers of births or the Adopted Children Register is made under section 20(1) of the Ordinance, the Registrar of the Supreme Court or the District Court shall send to the Registrar of Births and Deaths a notice specifying the date of the adoption order and the names of the adopter and of the adopted person (as described in the schedule to the adoption order) and stating what amendments are to be made in the particulars specified in that order.
DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE ACTING AS GUARDIAN AD LITEM
27. Where the Director is acting under these rules as guardian ad litem, anything required or authorized by these rules to be done by the guardian ad litem may be done by any public officer duly authorized in that behalf by the Director.