Section 13
Section 13
(1)
Every adoption order shall contain a direction to the Registrar ―
(a)
to make in the Adopted Children Register an entry recording the adoption in the form set out in the First Schedule and, subject to subsection (2), shall specify the particulars to be entered under the headings in columns 2 to 6 of the Schedule; and
(b)
to issue in respect of the adopted child a Certificate of Birth under this
Ordinance.
(2)
For the purposes of paragraph (a) of subsection (1) ―
(a)
where the precise date of the infant’s birth is not proved to the satisfaction of the Court, the Court shall determine the probable date of his birth and the date so determined shall be specified in the order as the date of his birth;
(b)
where the name or surname which the infant is to bear after the adoption differs from his original name or surname, the new name or surname shall be specified in the order instead of the original; and
(c)
where the country of birth of the infant is not proved to the satisfaction of the Court, the particulars of that country may, notwithstanding anything in that subsection, be omitted from the order and from the entry in the Adopted Children Register.
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(3)
Where upon any application to the Court for an adoption order in respect of an infant (not being an infant who has previously been the subject of an adoption order made by the Court) there is proved to the satisfaction of the Court the identity of the infant with a child to whom an entry in the registers of births relates, any adoption order made in pursuance of the application shall contain a direction to the Registrar to cause the entry in the registers of births to be marked with the word “Adopted”.
(4)
Where an adoption order is made by the Court in respect of an infant who has previously been the subject of an adoption order made by the Court, the order shall contain a direction to the Registrar to cause the previous entry in the Adopted Children
Register to be marked with the word “Re-adopted”.
(5)
The Court shall cause every adoption order to be communicated to the
Registrar, and upon receipt of such communication the Registrar shall cause compliance to be made with the directions contained in the order both in regard to marking any entry in the registers of births with the word “Adopted”, and in regard to making the appropriate entry in the Adopted Children Register.
Certificate of Birth.