15. Power to examine parties separately
Feedback & supportSubject to this Act, the Court may direct that the applicant or any respondent shall attend and be heard and examined separately and apart from the other parties to the application:
Court
Defined · s 2
“Court” means any Court having jurisdiction to make adoption orders under this Act;
Provided that no such direction shall be given unless the Court is satisfied that the giving of the direction is desirable in the interests of the child.
child
Defined · s 2
“child” means an unmarried person under the age of twenty-one and includes a female under that age who has been divorced;
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