Section 13

The Attorney General may apply to a Sessions Court to cancel the registration of any adoption in such manner as may be provided by rules made under the Rules Committee and the court shall send a copy of the order made in every such application to the

Registrar by whom such adoption was registered and to the Registrar

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General and the register shall be amended by cancelling the registration of such adoption if the court so orders.

Where in any proceedings it appears to a court not below the court of a First Class Magistrate that an adoption registered in accordance with this Act is invalid and the court so orders, a copy of the said order shall be sent to the Registrar by whom such adoption was registered and to the Registrar General and the register shall be amended by cancelling the registration of such adoption.

Any person, whether or not a party to the proceedings, who is aggrieved by any decision of a court under subsection (2) or (3) may appeal to the High Court or to the Federal Court (as the case may be)

and from the High Court to the Federal Court, in such manner as may be provided by rules made under the Rules Committee.

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