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Section 15

Amendment of orders and rectification of Registers

of Muslim Adoption Enactment 2024

State EnactmentIn forceProvision 15 of 41
Section 15
(1)

The Court may, on the application of the adopter, whether the adoption order has been executed or yet to be executed, amend the order on any changes of fact or correction of any error or any necessary changes in the particulars contained therein and where an adoption order is so amended, the Court shall cause the amendment to be communicated to the

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Registrar, and any necessary changes or correction of or addition to the Registry of the Muslim

Adoption shall be made accordingly.

(2)

Where an adoption order is quashed or an appeal against an adoption order allowed, the Court which made the order shall give directions to the Registrar to cancel any marking of an entry in the registers of births, and any entry in the Registry, which was effected in pursuance of the order.

(3)

A copy or extract of an entry in any register, being an entry the marking of which is cancelled under this section, shall be deemed to be an accurate copy if and only if both the marking and the cancellation are omitted therefrom.