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bruneilawsby aturio
In force2014 Revised Edition
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Part II · Adoption Orders

16. Effect of failure to comply with conditions of adoption or interim order

When —

(a)

an adoption order or an interim order is made by a Syar’ie

Judge in respect of a child under this Act; and

(b)

thereupon the adopter or the person to whom an interim order is made persistently ill-treats the child or fails to comply with any condition imposed in the adoption order or any term in respect of the interim order which may affect adversely the maslahah of the child, the Court shall —

(i)

after being satisfied, order the child to be taken from him; and

(ii)

may order that the child be handed over either to his parent, any other person or any institution as the Syar’ie

Judge thinks fit, taking into account the maslahah of the child.

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