Section 8
APPOINTMENT AND FUNCTIONS OF GUARDIAN Ad Litem
of Adoption Rules 1961 Reprinted 1998
(1)
Subject to the provisions of rule 7 the Court shall, as soon as practicable after the making of an application for an adoption order, appoint a guardian ad litem of the infant and shall cause to be served on him a copy of the application together with the documents filed therewith.
(2)
The person to be appointed guardian ad litem shall be –
(a)
the Director;
(b)
if in any case the Court for good cause considers it undesirable or impracticable to appoint the Director, some other person who appears to the Court, upon such information or evidence as the Court may think fit to require, to be suitably qualified:
Provided that no person shall be appointed guardian ad litem if he has the rights and powers of a parent of the infant or has taken part in the arrangements for the adoption of the infant, or is a member, officer or servant of any society or other body of persons which has the rights and powers of a parent of the infant or which has taken part in the arrangements for the adoption of the infant.
(3)
Where the Director is appointed to be guardian ad litem of an infant all the duties and functions thereby imposed upon him may be performed by any officer of the
Welfare Services Department authorised by the Director in that behalf.