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Nuties of
Board.

Provisions
relating to
arrange-

ments made

by Board.

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

 

5. It shall be the duty of the Board—

(a) to receive applications from parents, guardians
and adopters in respect of the adoption of children;

(b) to make such investigations concerning the
adoption of children for the consideration of the Court
as may be prescribed under section 9;

(c) to act as guardian ad /item of any child in respect
of whom an adoption order is sought.

6. (1) Where arrangements are made by the Board for
the adoption of a child, an application to the Court for an
adoption order in respect of the child shall not be made by
the adopter until the expiration of a period of six months
from the date upon which the child is delivered into the care
and possession of the adopter pursuant to the arrangements
and at any time during that period

(a) the adopter may give notice in writing to the
Board of his intention not to adopt the child; or
(b) the Board may cause notice in writing to be given
to the adopter of its intention not to allow the child
to remain in the care and possession of the adopter,
and where a notice is so given, the adopter shall, within
seven days of the date on which the notice was given, cause
the child to be returned to the Board, and the Board shall
receive the child accordingly

(2) The Board shall appoint one or more persons whose
duty shall be to keep the child under close supervision during
the said period of six months in accordance with regulations
made under this Ordinance.

(3) If, at the expiration of the said period of six months,
no notice has been given as aforesaid, the adopter shall
within three months from the date upon which that period
so expired apply to the Court for an adoption order in
respect of the child or shall give notice in writing to the
Board of his intention not to apply for such an order, and,
where notice is so given or where an application for an
adoption order in respect of the child is refused by the
Court, the adopter shall, within seven days of the date on
which the notice was given or of the date upon which the
application is so refused, as the case may be, cause the