19. Procedure for determination of application
Feedback & supportWhere the determination of an application has been postponed and an interim order has been made, the applicant shall at least two months before the expiration of the interim order, apply to the Court to proceed with the determination of the application, and the Court shall fix a time for the further hearing of the application and shall issue a notice in the prescribed form addressed to the respondents and shall cause the same to be served upon them:
applicant
“applicant” means a person who is proposing to adopt, or who has adopted a child, whether in pursuance of an adoption order or otherwise, and, in the case of an application by two spouses, includes either of them;
Provided that where the child is in the actual custody of the applicant, the notice need not be served on the child.
child
“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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