14
CAP. 290]
(Cap. 174.)
Registration of adoptions. 1950 c. 26, s. 18
and First Schedule.
Schedule.
Amendment of orders and rectification of Registers.
[cf. 1976 c. 36, Schedule I, para. 4.]
Adoption
[1987 Ed.
(5) Regulations made by the Governor in Council under the Births and Deaths Registration Ordinance may make provision as to the duties to be performed by deputy registrars and district registrars appointed for the purposes of that Ordinance in the execution of this section and of section 19.
19. (1) Every adoption order shall contain a direction to the Registrar to make in the Adopted Children Register an entry in the form set out in the Schedule, and (subject to the provisions of subsection (2)), shall specify the particulars to be entered under the headings in columns 2 to 6 of that form.
(2) For the purposes of compliance with the requirements of subsection (1)—
(a) where the precise date of the infant's birth is not proved to the satisfaction of the Court, the Court shall determine the probable date of his birth and the date so determined shall be specified in the order as the date of his birth;
(b) where the name or surname which the infant is to bear after the adoption differs from his original name or surname, the new name or surname shall be specified in the order instead of the original,
and where the country of birth of the infant is not proved to the satisfaction of the Court, the particulars of that country may, notwithstanding anything in that subsection, be omitted from the order and from the entry in the Adopted Children Register.
(3) Where upon any application to the Court for an adoption order in respect of an infant (not being an infant who has previously been the subject of an adoption order made by the Court) there is proved to the satisfaction of the Court the identity of the infant with a child to whom an entry in the registers of births 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 to making the appropriate entry in the Adopted Children Register.
20. (1) The Court 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 may-
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14
CAP. 290]
(Cap. 174.)
Registration of adoptions. 1950 c. 26, s. 18
and First Schedule.
Schedule.
Amendment of orders and rectification of Registers.
[cf. 1976 c. 36, Schedule I, para. 4.]
Adoption
[1987 Ed.
(5) Regulations made by the Governor in Council under the Births and Deaths Registration Ordinance may make provision as to the duties to be performed by deputy registrars and district registrars appointed for the purposes of that Ordinance in the execution of this section and of section 19.
19. (1) Every adoption order shall contain a direction to the Registrar to make in the Adopted Children Register an entry in the form set out in the Schedule, and (subject to the provisions of subsection (2)), shall specify the particulars to be entered under the headings in columns 2 to 6 of that form.
(2) For the purposes of compliance with the requirements of subsection (1)—
(a) where the precise date of the infant's birth is not proved to the satisfaction of the Court, the Court shall determine the probable date of his birth and the date so determined shall be specified in the order as the date of his birth;
(b) where the name or surname which the infant is to bear
after the adoption differs from his original name or surname, the new name or surname shall be specified in the order instead of the original,
and where the country of birth of the infant is not proved to the satisfaction of the Court, the particulars of that country may, notwithstanding anything in that subsection, be omitted from the order and from the entry in the Adopted Children Register.
(3) Where upon any application to the Court for an adoption order in respect of an infant (not being an infant who has previously been the subject of an adoption order made by the Court) there is proved to the satisfaction of the Court the identity of the infant with a child to whom an entry in the registers of births 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 to making the appropriate entry in the Adopted Children Register.
20. (1) The Court 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 may-
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