1964_ADOPTION_ORDINANCE — Page 16

1987 Ed.]

Adoption

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(a) if satisfied on the application of the adopter or of the adopted person that within 1 year beginning with the date of the order any new name has been given to the adopted person (whether in baptism or otherwise), or taken by him, either in lieu of or in addition to a name specified in the particulars required to be entered in the Adopted Children Register in pursuance of the order, amend the order by substituting or adding that name in those particulars, as the case may require;

(b) if satisfied on the application of any person concerned that a direction for the marking of an entry in the registers of births or the Adopted Children Register included in the order in pursuance of section 19(3) or (4) was wrongly so included, revoke that direction. (Replaced, 48 of 1977, s. 7)

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(1A) Where an adoption order is amended or a direction revoked under subsection (1), the prescribed officer of the court shall cause the amendment to be communicated in the prescribed manner to the Registrar, who shall as the case may require-

(a) cause the entry in the Adopted Children Register to be amended accordingly; or

(b) cause the marking of the entry in the registers of births or the Adopted Children Register to be cancelled. (Added, 48 of 1977, s. 7)

(2) Where an adoption order is quashed or an appeal against an adoption order allowed, the Court shall give directions to the Registrar to cancel any marking of an entry in the registers of births, and any entry or any marking of an entry in the Adopted Children Register, which was effected in pursuance of the order. (Amended, 48 of 1977, s. 7)

(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.

1950 c. 26, s. 21(3).

1950 c. 26, s. 21(6).

MISCELLANEOUS

21. (1) Subject to the provisions of subsection (2), the Director or any public officer authorized by him for the purposes of this section may visit and examine any infant in respect of whom a notification has been given to the Director under section 5(7)(b) and may enter and inspect any premises in which the Director or such public officer has reason to believe such infant is being kept. (Amended, 1 of 1958, s. 2, and 21 of 1960, s. 6)

(2) The powers conferred by subsection (1) shall cease-

(a) upon such notification being withdrawn; or

Supervision of infants.

[cf. 1950 c. 26, s. 34.]