Section 8

The Court shall not make an adoption order or a registration order except after personal attendance before it of the applicant and, where a notice in Form 3 has been served on the infant, of the infant:

Provided that where the application is made by two spouses jointly, the Court may dispense with the personal attendance of one of the applicants:

And provided further that, where it appears to the Court that there are special circumstances making the infant’s attendance unnecessary and the Court is satisfied that

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the infant has been informed of the nature of the order for which application has been made, the Court may dispense with the personal attendance of the infant.