Adoption of Children. [Ch.29. No. 7.

 

referred to as the Board) shall be constituted which shall
consist of a Chairman and not more than five persons to be
appointed by the Governor.

(2) At any meeting of the Board from which the
Chairman is absent the members present shall appoint one of
their number to officiate as Chairman of that meeting.

(3) The quorum of the Board shall be three.

(4) The Governor may appoint any person to act in the
place of any member of the Board in case of the absence or
inability to act of such member.

(5) The Board shall have power to regulate its pro-
cedure.

(6) The Board may appoint a fit and proper person
to be Secretary to the Board and may determine the duties
to be performed by such Secretary.

(7) The Board may appear and be represented at any
stage of the proceedings in a court by the Secretary or by
any person generally or specially authorised by the Board.

4. (1) It shall not be lawful for any person other than the
Board to make any arrangements for the adoption of a
child.

(2) If any person takes part in arranging an adoption
or in the management or control of a body of persons other
than the Board which exists wholly or in part for the purpose
of making arrangements for the adoption of children, he
shall, on summary conviction, be liable to imprisonment
for a term not exceeding six months, or to a fine not exceed-
ing one thousand dollars, or to both such impnsonment and
such fine.

(3) For the purposes of this Ordinance, a person shall
be deemed to make arrangements for the adoption of a child
if he, not being the parent or guardian of the child, enters
into or makes any agreement or arrangement for, or for
facilitating, the adoption of the child by any other person,
whether the adoption is effected, in pursuance of an adoption
order or otherwise, or if he initiates or takes part in any
negotiations of which the purpose or effect is the conclusion
of any agreement or the making of any arrangement therefor,
or if he causes another so to do.

89

Ord.15-1948.

Restriction
on making
arrange-
ments for the
adoption of
children.