10
CAP. 290]
Adoption
[1987 Ed.
Rules, etc. 1950 c. 26, s. 8.
11. [Repealed, 48 of 1977, s. 5]
12. (1) Rules in regard to any matter to be prescribed under this Ordinance and dealing generally with all matters of procedure and incidental matters arising out of this Ordinance and for carrying this Ordinance into effect shall be made by the Chief Justice. (Amended, 92 of 1975, s. 58 and 79 of 1981, s. 8)
(2) Such rules may provide for applications for adoption orders being heard and determined otherwise than in open court and for the non-disclosure by the Director of the whereabouts of an infant the subject of an application under section 5A, where such non-disclosure is in the interests of the infant. (Amended, 13 of 1987, s. 5)
(3) For the purpose of any application for an adoption order, the Court shall, subject to any rules under this section, appoint some person to act as guardian ad litem of the infant upon the hearing of the application with the duty of safeguarding the interests of the infant before the Court. (Amended, 48 of 1977, s. 6)
Rights and duties of parents and capacity to marry.
1950 c. 26, s. 10.
EFFECTS OF ADOPTION ORDERS
13. (1) Upon an adoption order being made, all rights, duties, obligations and liabilities of the parents or guardians of the infant in relation to the future custody, maintenance and education of the infant, including all rights to appoint a guardian to consent or give notice of dissent to marriage, shall be extinguished, and all such rights, duties, obligations and liabilities shall vest in and be exercisable by and enforceable against the adopter as if the infant were a child born to the adopter in lawful wedlock; and in respect of the matters aforesaid the infant shall stand to the adopter exclusively in the position of a child born to the adopter in lawful wedlock.
(2) In any case where 2 spouses are the adopters, the spouses shall in respect of the matters aforesaid, and for the purpose of the jurisdiction of any court whatsoever to make orders as to the custody and maintenance of and right of access to children, stand to each other and to the infant in the same relation as they would have stood if they had been the lawful father and mother of the infant and the infant shall stand to them respectively in the same relation as to a lawful father and mother respectively.
(3) For the purpose of the law relating to marriage, an adopter and the person whom he has been authorized to adopt under an adoption order shall be deemed to be within the prohibited degrees of consanguinity; and the provisions of this subsection shall continue to have effect notwithstanding that some person other than the adopter is authorized by a subsequent order to adopt the same infant.
10
CAP. 290]
Adoption
[1987 Ed.
Rules, etc. 1950 c. 26, s. 8.
11. [Repealed, 48 of 1977, s. 5]
12. (1) Rules in regard to any matter to be prescribed under this Ordinance and dealing generally with all matters of procedure and incidental matters arising out of this Ordinance and for carrying this Ordinance into effect shall be made by the Chief Justice. (Amended, 92 of 1975, s. 58 and 79 of 1981, s. 8)
(2) Such rules may provide for applications for adoption orders being heard and determined otherwise than in open court and for the non-disclosure by the Director of the whereabouts of an infant the subject of an application under section 5A, where such non-disclosure is in the interests of the infant. (Amended, 13 of 1987, s. 5)
(3) For the purpose of any application for an adoption order, the Court shall, subject to any rules under this section, appoint some person to act as guardian ad litem of the infant upon the hearing of the application with the duty of safeguarding the interests of the infant before the Court. (Amended, 48 of 1977, s. 6)
Rights and duties of parents and capacity to marry.
1950 c. 26, s. 10.
EFFECTS OF ADOPTION ORDERS
13.. (1) Upon an adoption order being made, all rights, duties, obligations and liabilities of the parents or guardians of the infant in relation to the future custody, maintenance and education of the infant, including all rights to appoint a guardian to consent or give notice of dissent to marriage, shall be extinguished, and all such rights, duties, obligations and liabilities shall vest in and be exercisable by and enforceable against the adopter as if the infant were a child born to the adopter in lawful wedlock; and in respect of the matters aforesaid the infant shall stand to the adopter exclusively in the position of a child born to the adopter in lawful wedlock.
(2) In any case where 2 spouses are the adopters, the spouses shall in respect of the matters aforesaid, and for the purpose of the jurisdiction of any court whatsoever to make orders as to the custody and maintenance of and right of access to children, stand to each other and to the infant in the same relation as they would have stood if they had been the lawful father and mother of the infant and the infant shall stand to them respectively in the same relation as to a lawful father and mother respectively.
(3) For the purpose of the law relating to marriage, an adopter and the person whom he has been authorized to adopt under an adoption order shall be deemed to be within the prohibited degrees of consanguinity; and the provisions of this subsection shall con- tinue to have effect notwithstanding that some person other than the adopter is authorized by a subsequent order to adopt the same infant.
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