Amendment of orders and rectifi- cation of Registors.
Supervision of infants.
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relates, any adoption order made in pursuance of the application shall contain a direction to the Registrar to cause the entry in the registers of births to be marked with the word “Adopted”.
(4) Where an adoption order is made by the Court in respect of an infant who has previously been the subject of an adoption order made by the Court, the order shall contain a direction to the Registrar to cause the previous entry in the Adopted Children Register to be marked with the word "Re-adopted".
(5) The prescribed officer of the Court shall cause every adoption order to be communicated in the prescribed manner to the Registrar, and upon receipt of such communication the Registrar shall cause compliance to be made with the directions contained in the order both in regard to marking any entry in the registers of births with the word "Adopted", and in regard t making the appropriate entry in the Adopted Children Register.
18. (1) The Court by which an adoption order has been made under this Ordinance may, on the application of the adopter or of the adopted person, amend the order by the correction of any error in the particulars contained therein; and where an adoption order is so amended, the prescribed officer of the Court shall cause the amendment to be communicated in the prescribed manner to the Registrar; and any necessary correction of or addition to the Adopted Children Register shall be made accordingly.
(2) Where an adoption order is quashed or an appeal against an adoption order allowed, the Court which made the order shall give directions to the Registrar to cancel any marking of an entry in the registers of births, and any entry in the Adopted Children Register, which was effected in pursuance of the order.
(3) A copy or extract of an entry in any register, being an entry the marking of which is cancelled under this section, shall be deemed to be an accurate copy if and only if both the marking and the cancellation are omitted therefrom,
Miscellaneous.
19. (1) Subject to the provisions of subsection (2), the Secretary for Chinese Affairs or any public officer authorized by him for the purposes of this section may visit and examine any
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infant in respect of whom a notification has been given to the Social Welfare Officer under paragraph (b) of subsection (6) of section 4 and may enter and inspect any premises in which the Secretary for Chinese Affairs or such public officer has reason to believe such infant is being kept.
(2) The powers conferred by subsection (1) shall cease-
(a) upon such notification being withdrawn; or
(b) in the case of a male infant, upon an adoption order being
made in respect of the infant; or
(c) in the case of a female infant, upon the infant attaining
twenty-one years of age.
(3) Any person who refuses to allow the Secretary for Chinese Affairs or officer authorized by him to make a visit, examination, entry or inspection in accordance with subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a fine of two thousand dollars.
20. (1) Save with the sanction of the Court, no person shall Prohibition
of certain make or give or agree to make or give, or receive or agree to payments. receive, or attempt to obtain, any payment, remuneration or rward whatsoever in connexion, directly or indirectly, with the adoption or proposed adoption of an infant, except in considera- tion of the professional services of a qualified barrister or solicitor within the meaning of the Legal Practitioners Ordinance.
(2) Any person who contravenes the provisions of this section shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a fine of two thousand dollars and imprisonment for six months.
(Cap. 169).
Upon adver- Lisements.
21. (1) Except with the written consent of the Secretary for Restrictions Chinese Affairs, no advertisement shall be published indicating-
(4) that the parent or guardian of an infant desires to cause
the infant to be adopted;
(b) that a person desires to adopt an infant; or
(c) that any person is willing to make arrangements for the
adoption of an infant.
(2) Any person who causes to be published or knowingly publishes an advertisement in contravention of the provisions of this section shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a fine of one thousand dollars.
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