Section 4
Registration
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(1)
The District Officer, if satisfied that the provisions of sections 3 and 5 have been complied with and on payment of the prescribed fee, shall register such adoption in a special register to be kept for that purpose.
(2)
Such registration shall be effected in the presence of the adopting parents or parent and, unless their presence or consent has been dispensed with under section 3(3) or (4), of the natural parents or parent or guardian. The persons present shall affix their signatures or marks to the entry.
(3)
The District Officer shall issue a certificate of adoption under his hand and seal to the adopting parents or parent and to the natural parents or parent or guardian.
(4)
(a)
No variation, amendment or alteration shall be made to the special register or to a certificate of adoption in respect of the registration of any adoption except in accordance with an Order made by a Judge of the High Court to rectify or correct any mistake or error found in the special register or in the certificate of adoption.
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(b)
An application for an Order under paragraph (a)—
(i)
may be made by the District Officer who registers the adoption or issues the certificate or by any person named in the certificate as the natural parents or adopting parents or guardian of the child; and
(ii)
shall be by way of originating summons to a Judge in
Chambers and the Rules of the High Court relating to application by originating summons shall apply thereto.
(5)
The District Officer may, upon being satisfied by evidence given by way of any statutory declaration by an applicant, that a certificate of adoption issued by him under subsection (3) has been lost, defaced or damaged, issue a duplicate thereof to the applicant upon payment of the prescribed fees.