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

rules made hereunder relating to the consent of a
parent or guardian to the making of such an
order, and

(ui) that, before so placing the child at the
dispositicn of the Board, the parent or guardian
shall sign a document in the prescribed form
verifying that he has read or had read and under-
stood the said memorandum;

(6) for requiring that the case of every child proposed
to be delivered by or on behalf of the Board into the
care and possession of an adopter shall be considered
by a committee (to be called a “ case committee ’’)
comprised of not less than three members of the
Board;

(c) for prescribing, in the case of every such child as
aforesaid, the inquiries which must be made and the
reports which must be obtained by the Board in
relation to the child and the adopter for the purpose of
ensuring, so far as may be, the suitability of the child
and the adopter respectively, and, in particular, for
requiring that a report on the health of the child and
prospective adopter signed by a duly qualified medical
practitioner must be obtained by the Board,

(d) for securing that no such child shall be delivered
into the care and possession of an adopter by or on
behalf of the Board until the adopter has been inter-
viewed by the case committee or by some person on
their behalf, until a representative of the committec
has inspected any premises in the Colony in which the
adopter intends that the child should reside perman-
ently, and until the committee have considered the
prescribed reports;

(ec) for making provision for the care and supervision
of children who have been placed by their parents
or guardians at the disposition of the Board;

(f) generally for carrying out the purposes of this
Ordinance.

(2) Any person who contravenes or fails to comply with

any of the provisions of a regulation made under this
section shall be liable, on summary conviction, to a fine of
one hundred and twenty-five dollars and, in the case of a