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of this system in China?

Turning to examination of the law, we find that this system is recognised as being in accordance with law and we quote the following authorities :

(a) The Annotated Laws of the Tang Dynasty:

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"Whosoever adopts a male of a different surname shall be banished for one year, but this shall not apply to anyone who adopts a female ** (See The Fistory of Legal Development in China,

by Yang Hung-lieh, Vol. I,

page 513.) The legal system of the Great Yuan Dynasty:

"Anyone who wishes to adopt a male or a female

from one branch into another, may do so.

(ibid. Vol.11. page 740.)

The Civil Code of the Republic of China.

Article 1072. - Where a per son adopts the child of

person

another as his own child, the adopter is called adoptive father or adoptive mother and the person adopted is called adopted son or adopted daughter.

Article 1077. The relation between an adopted

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child and his adoptive parents, is the same as that between a legitimate child and his parents unless

it is otherwise provided for by law.

Article 1078.

of the adopter.

Article 1079.

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An adopted child assumes the surname

Adoption must be effected in writing

unless the person to be adopted has been brought up

as a child of the adopter since infancy.

Article 1080.

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The relation between an adopted child

and his adoptive parents may be terminated by mutual

agreement of the parties.

The termination mentioned in the preceding

paragraph must be done in writing.

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